Ford says the best gas to put in ford vehicles is Amoco (BP) gas, but that kind of hard when there is none around here :-\ Mesquite, TX, what do you run in your ford pickup? i use shell just because there are so many around here, thinking of putting the new V-Power in it, but not sure yet.

 

Having been born and raised in Ohio..I have used BP gas for many years.Now that i have moved to florida..try to keep using it.Here it is availble.From personal experience I seem to get very good gas milliage using it.

 

Please explain. I have never seen a specific brand recommendation in an owners manual or service bulletin.

Jim

 

I generally try to use a "brand name" gas, usually Shell or Exxon, just b/c I think they maybe more consistent in content than an generic brand.....I do not know if it makes any difference, but just my two cents worth :>)

 

I have to agree Amoco/BP is the best gas, but I do not put it in my Truck or car very often. I can say that in 10 years of riding motorcycles (Honda CBRs) I have seldomly used anything else. With the last 2 bikes(6years) I bet I used other than Amoco/BP less than 10 times. Back in the day I was having a tough time keeping the spark plugs from fouling. I was running premium as I was supposed to, but still had a tough time starting it and keeping it running. This bike had about 2200 miles on it when I bought it and about 2600 when the issues started. I was removeing and cleaning plugs almost weekly so I finally brought it to the Mechanic. He asked about gas. I told him I had recently purchased it and had been running Conoco premium since. He then told me that he would not look at the bike until I ran 2 tanks of Amoco Gold (premium) through it. Whether it was luck or just total amount of premium through the bike, but after using Amoco Gold and one more plug cleaning, I put over 12000 hard miles on it with no trouble and no return trip to the Mechanic less a tip for honesty. I also ran Gold in my S2000. I believe in gold in performance motors but my truck will run well on anything.

 

There are so many partnerships and usage and processing deals in place in the
Gas and Oil industry that the only thing the sign in front of a station now depicts is who handled the product last .

If you could track the generic company products back to their source you would find that they are purchased in bulk from whichever of the big 3 companies is offering the best deal at the time of purchase .

Most refineries process product obtained from upwards of 50 contributing companies or share held field producers and not much but the additives changes in the established,practical,most efficent methods that have been developed over the years.

I know my Ford did not seem to run at it's best when fed Texaco (Chevron) gas for a time but I discouvered it was because I was using Champion plugs and upon switching back to the recomended Ford plugs Texaco worked just fine .

 

I almost always use BP gas in my trucks. My old one I don't care so much, but my new one I make it a point to stick with one kind specifically. Just my thing I suppose. Glad I'm not the only one, and glad I didnt' pick a bad one.

 

VERY true... the only difference is the additive package that, like you said, is done at the last minute before shipping to stations.

I wonder, has anyone ever done a real comparison of gasolines, over time, so as to gauge the additive content and if it varies, by how much?

 

You can find it on www.myford.fordvehicals.com

 

I think you may have the link misspelled as it does not work.

 

For the last few years I've mostly used BP because I get a discount there. For the last decade I've always bought the cheapest gas. I had two expy's, an exployer, and a t-bird 4.6. They all ran will on 87 whatever. I'm a bit pickier on what I put in my wife's high compression LS. Back in the 70's, you could tell a little difference in brands, usually due to some of the cheaper brands more likely to contain water. I've had no fuel troulbe in years.

 

My Bronco seens to run the best on Sunoco gas, maybe because that is the majority of the gas that has been put in it for the last 5 years.

 

I see, well I can't seem to find a direct link. It is at 'My Ford' at the 'Ford Owners' page. You have to have your vehicle registered to access the page.(I do) If you can get to that site, open the 'vehicle care and suggestions' link and you will see that Ford recommends BP/Amoco gasoline for thier vehicles.
I don't have my owners manual handy, maybe it is in there too.

 

I wonder if it's because of BP's "environmentally friendly" attitude, as opposed to any real quality differences.

I found that BP 87 octane actually has less power than 87 from a Gulf station. Probably that the BP 87 is actually a higher octane

 

i get gas from a krogers 2 miles from my home, just because it is so close. dont know where the fuel really comes from, the tanker always says "usher transportation" i know thats just some independent outfit that transports fuel. at first i had spiking issues when running 87 oct. so i ran 89 for awhile and it was just fine except for the higher cost (28 bucks to fill a ranger--gesh) i finnally ran some fuel system cleaner through it and ive been able to run 87 again without the pinging for a few months now.