Mercedes and other major manufacturers recommend "Top Tier" fuels, which are marketed and sold by a number of fuel suppliers like Shell, BP and Costco.
http://www.toptiergas.com >From what I can determine, the primary difference between "regular" fuels and >Top Tier fuels is the additive package. I know at our local fuel terminals, >pretty much all the fuels that come in are from the same supplier. You can see >the loaders putting additives in the tanker trucks at the terminals, so I have >to believe there is some credence to your article. I stick with Top Tier fuels in my cars, typically Costco. Their fuel prices are competitive, especially since a lot of stations jack the price of premium to stupid amounts over regular unleaded. Dan Sent from my iPad > On Jul 9, 2016, at 2:25 PM, jerryh--- via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > wrote: > > In an article from the June, 2016 issue of "The Family Handyman", entitled > "10 Things You Should Know About Gasoline", author /"expert" Fred Walas, > fuels technology manager for Marathon Petroleum Company, a 34 year veteran in > the refinery business, whose current job includes work with the EPA, other > oil companies, and automobile manufacturers developing new fuel standards, > posits question number four:" Is a major-brand gas better then a lesser known > brand?" (I do believe that is the longest sentence I have ever typed). > > His answer is that 20 years ago, there was a difference between gas from the > majors and "cheap " gas from no-name stations. He claims that today the > biggest difference between gasoline brands is the type of fuel cleaning > additives used. He goes on to say that that the EPA mandates a minimal level > of fuel system cleaning additives and all gasoline sold in the U.S. must meet > those levels. > > Although he does not specifically answer the posited question, the > implication is that there is no substantial difference between the majors and > off brands. > > Now comes an article in "CNN Money" stating that AAA claims that "cheap > off-brand gasoline is bad for engines" > > http://money.cnn.com/2016/07/08/autos/aaa-cheap-gasoline/index.html?iid=ob_homepage_NewsAndBuzz_pool > > At the risk of starting a "gas war", I'd like to hear from our M-B > community. Looking forward to lots of comments. > > Jerry > > 1982 240D > > other gasoline powered cars > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
