Since we are not buying diesel maybe we can have a little less anxiety but now that its gasoline does it matter? I think regardless of which refiner's name is on the signs it all comes from a commingled pipeline where multiple origins are putting in. Maybe some places are purely one big name or small name. With this new truck I was thinking about maybe searching out Chevron for the techron or dosing with Yamaha ring free perhaps albeit would be extremely small doses!
Is there a safe place to buy gas or is it all the same?

 

The cheapest price has the best gas!

 

Top Tier is my first choice.

http://www.toptiergas.com/retailers/

 

I am not too particular. I go to Cumberland farms because I have their smart pay and save 10 c a gallon. I like she'll gas, but not for any real reason.
Only thing I do is if I see the tanker there refilling I will wait or go somewhere else

 

Do not add extra stuff (chemicals) to a new or low mileage (a few years old) engine..


additives reduce gas mileage.. increase heat in catalytic converter, can do harm over time to O2 sensors.


they are for low cost cleaning/repair to a sick system.


and Never add cleaners to motor oil.. (engine oil flush)


as for brand of Gas... Name brands...
each station can order Gas with or without additives... but Name brands stations need to follow corporate orders. and there blend.
my opinion.

 

I stay with the big name brands when traveling, and avoid the Mom & Pop, no-name gas stations.

Years ago, I had gotten in trouble on two occasions when I used a no-name gas station. Apparently, they either bought a load of crummy gas on the spot market, or they weren't on the ball when it came to monitoring their in-ground tanks. I ended up stuck on the side of the road after I pumped about half gas/half water into my gas tank.

The first time I'd paid with cash and didn't keep my receipt, so I paid for repair. 2nd time, I used a credit card, and the station stepped up and paid to have my fuel tank dropped/drained and the fuel system cleaned out.

 

Top tier is the way to go.
In 2005 I commuted between West Virginia and Arlington, VA every weekend in a 1996 Grand Cherokee. I would leave Arlington and fill up at the Exxon station near my apartment. A full tank got me all the way to my destination with 1/8 tank left over. When it was time to go back I would fill up at the local Go Mart station. I always had to stop for gas an hour out from Arlington. I did this for a year and it worked the same every time. When I replaced my fuel filter I was amazed at all the black junk that came out.
Since then I have only purchased BP or Exxon (top tier in my area).

 

I use whatever is the cheapest at the time if they are a high volume station, the only one so far that I stay away from is Sunoco. I use no additives because unlike a diesel you just don't need them with a modern gas motor, I've put 100s of thousands of miles on modern gas motors with no additives in the gas or oil and never had a engine failure. With the 6.2 the only difference I can tell between gas fill is the mileage may vary but the motor runs the same.

Denny

 

Big difference is the additives added when the gas is put in the truck and how much ethanol it has in it. Frankly I am not big on fancy additives they advertise. All the additives in the world are not going to help you if the gas stations tanks are full of dirt, water and other crap. I'm more concerned about the volume of gas the station sells and how much dirt and/or water is in it.

Run some Techron fuel system cleaner or fuel injector cleaner every now and then to help keep things clean.

My sister has one station in her town that she uses as it is the only station in town. The tanks must be full of dirt and water. I've had to change fuel filters twice in 2 years. The first time the filter was clogged and stopped fuel flow, second filter had water and too much dirt for the mileage driven. That station uses Amerigreen fuel the same as the station I go to. The station she goes to just has tank problems.

 

I shoot for Mobile or Shell.

 

My wife claims her mpgs vary based on where she buys fuel, I quess it's possible but personally don't get the correlation.

 

I know in Ohio.. many stations were Forced by the EPA to replace old rusty/leaking storage tanks to the new fiberglass types...

but that has its own problem... as a new installed tank CAN refloat till the dirt/blacktop/concrete has hardened.... so they fill the tanks with water.. till ready for fuel... and not all of the water is removed...

try removing all the water from a 1 gallon milk jug. now think of 5,000 gallons.

also. do not get gas at a station that JUST had a delivery of FUEL.. as this mixes up the water/dirt/rust at the bottom of storage tanks.

 

I'm sorry Chuck but I've been involved in a few new stations and stations that replaced their tanks and they are filled with fuel not water to hold the tanks in place until the concrete cap is cured.

The EPA forced old style tanks to be replaced years ago and all new systems have electronic monitors in place the checks for water 24/7.

Denny

 

at the station I worked at..


fire department from hydrant to new tank..
week later 2 gas powered water pumps and down the street drains...
so in this case it was water..


I understood this was common. buy the crew doing the pumping/draining.


MAYBE NOT.! I have been wrong before and will again. I know what I have seen.

 

don't worry, the ethanol will absorb any left over water