which would u say is the better gas? also does plus octane 89 make a difference on a ford truck, i saw a guy pumping chevron plus last night in his 2004 ford f-150.....

 

I use shell V-Power. NOt only do I believe it's good gas, I am running the Superchips Micro Tuner so I need 91+octane.

 

I won`t go out of the way for it but I`ll use Shell when I can.Stick to 87 oct in your truck,it`ll run fine.It`s what your book calls for.If you start using higher oct fuel,you`ll HAVE to keep using it or your engine will ping without it.I guess if you have a chip installed you may need the xtra octane,I don`t know about that.


Jim......

 

hmmm.... i was just wondering, some people i see do put plus in their fords, but then most ppl put regular, im not trynig to get more milage just was wondering what plus would do for my truck at anything

 

It`ll cost you more to run if that`s what your looking for.And,there`s no going back to 87 without the ping after awhile.

 

shells vpower only come on premium. i think chevron puts techron into all their gas. ive always used shell more until my station shut down now i go to exxon.

 

i use mostly chevron 87 octane. truck runs fine. i got 22k on it.

 

AMACO and if that isn't available SHELL.

 

the cheapest I can find

 

Your motor will NOT begin to "ping" if you constanly use PREMIUM gas and then switch to a lower grade fuel. If you experience pinging, it is going to happen anytime you use a lower grade fuel. The motor doesn't "revert" back to a lower state...
MK

 

I use the cheapest i can find in my 04. But if you wanna know what fuel is better all i can say is when i had my 4x4 show truck it had a 351w with close to 11to1 compression and it would ping using shell or texaco fuel, but not with exxon or chevron. So i guess exxon and chevron is a better grade fuel, but this is just my personal experience.

 

mkoser is correct. Running 89 octane or higher and then switching to 87 will not cause your motor to ping.

i had 180,000 miles on my 97 F150 when i recently traded it off. It did not ping when i sold it and i never had any kind of repair shop fuel injection cleaning treatment altho once every 15,000 miles or so i used the chevron techrone treatment from walmart (about $6 a pop). Nearly all of those miles were run on chevron so i prefer it. But shell is just as good.

If you are going to keep your truck long term, stay away from the cheapo nonbranded gasoline from 7-11 and such. All gasoline starts from the same base stock but the additives do make a difference. The name brand gasolines are better for your vehicle in the long run.

and replace your fuel filter at regular intervals. Many people over look it.

 

"The name brand gasolines are better for your vehicle in the long run."

Well, yes, in theory. Yes, the fuel from branded stations is technically better. But, you'd have to keep your vehicle for a long time for it to really make a difference (8+ years generally). When I worked in the gasoline industry (selling gas to C-stores), we determined that the true benefit of higher grade gasoline and the additives would only benefit those keeping their vehicles from 15-25 years! So, if you're one of those guys with a one-owner '57 T-Bird, then I hope you used good gas. Otherwise, it's just not really worth the extra few pennies per gallon on each fill-up (they do add up!). Granted, if it makes you feel better and you can (or think you can) notice a difference to have higher priced "better" gas, then by all means fill up at the branded gas stations. The corporate boys will love you for it ... it fills up their pockets. Otherwise, I think we'll all be okay to simply buy 87 octane from any store that sells it. That's what I'm going to do ... and I'll trade off my '04 in four to six years.

 

Every study and article I've read says that the regular fuels are basically all identical.

BP (Ammoco) does use 4X the required detergent in their premium and each name brand has their own "formula" but they all end up working about the same. Really no difference in quality. It makes me feel better so I tend to but BP but it really doesn't make much difference.

 

Depends on where you are in relation the refinery of the name brand fuel you buy. The same "no name" truck brings fuel to the Amoco and Shell station in the middle of town here.. It's all comes from the refinery in Philly.