YACT: Can this damage a car?

[Nebor]

Originally posted by: thomsbrain

Originally posted by: earthman
What nonsense. I've never seen a vehicle with "clogged injectors", even with 300,000 miles on them.

actually, my mom's 91 volvo (which requires premium) flat-out will not run properly on anything but chevron (haven't tried those other two "top-tier" brands). put normal old valero in there and good luck getting it started again after you turn it off. however, you can get it back into the swing of things with a bottle of techron, so it may just be the techron they put in their gas and not that the gas itself is any cleaner. at any rate, clogged injectors are a problem for some cars and 4-cylinder volvos are one othem.

my honda accord will run fine on urine, as far as i can tell. i always buy the cheapest gas i can find for it.

Your Volvo has a serious problem. I'd look at getting the whole fuel system checked out: fuel filter, fuel pump, and injectors. I'm something of a Volvo expert.

 

[Nebor]

Originally posted by: Mill
Basically I'd prefer to punch people in the face who won't use the proper gas. Why buy a luxury, sport, or other type of car that you KNOW requires 91 or above if you aren't going to use the correct gas? Stupidity? Asshattery? Lunacy? Complete lack of a penis? You tell me.

First off, :beer: for "asshattery." I chuckled all the way through my last post.

I suppose some people want the luxury of a nice car without the performance aspect.

 

[TheLonelyPhoenix]

Originally posted by: Mill
Basically I'd prefer to punch people in the face who won't use the proper gas. Why buy a luxury, sport, or other type of car that you KNOW requires 91 or above if you aren't going to use the correct gas? Stupidity? Asshattery? Lunacy? Complete lack of a penis? You tell me.

Winner.

If you buy a car that takes premium, you fill it up with premium. If you don't intend to do so, get another car! Why the hell do you drop thousands on the car itself when you aren't going to pony up an extra few dollars at the pump for the right gas?

 

[CFster]

Originally posted by: TechnoKid

Originally posted by: CFster

Originally posted by: TechnoKid
Many regular 87 gases don't contain the detergency level that the premium grades do, so you may get more deposits. Conoco, 76, and Chevron are top tier certified, meaning that all the grades of gas meet a certain detergency level, above the mandated minumum. Shell is going to become top tier, but currently their vpower contains more additives than the reast of their grades (but their lower grades do contain more than the min).

Do you have a source for this?

I buy about 20,000 gallons of fuel a month and have never heard of it.

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If you buy 20,000 gallons of fuel a month, i sure hope it aint gasoline, you'd be better off with a diesel. Or do you buy for fleet accounts?

Not that I'm argueing with you, but I don't believe everything I read either.

I buy fuel for a fleet (that would be the best way to describe it I suppose...)

I'll have to ask my supplier when I see him. We've never had issues running 87 or 89 in anything. And some of our vehicles we've had long term.

 

[J0hnny]

Originally posted by: Toastedlightly
Seafoam?

Whoa, I've heard AMAZING things about that but I have yet to actually witness the supposed immense cloud of smoke it creates when it's used the first time!