Omega Owners Forum
Chat Area => General Discussion Area => Topic started by: Alex W on 19 September 2008, 10:41:02
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What is the benefit, if any, in paying the extra for the "Advanced"or "Ultimate" fuels? Are they worth it?
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I find they do give a little extra economy OR performance....
but not really worth the extra.
Tend to give each a dose for cleaning purposes when I fill up immediately after using forte cleaner.
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The higher octane rating will slightly improve economy and performance... ...whether its cost effective is another matter. The extra detergent agents should save on injector cleaners etc
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i just tried 2 tankfulls of BP Ultimate, its a noticeable improvement.
I found:
Smoother Idle
More power at the higher rev ranges, pulls harder from about 4.5k RPM onwards
1-3 mpg improvement.
Switched back to normal BP for now, but it only costs about £2/3 extra for a tank of the good stuff, i might go back to it :)
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So it's probably worth treating it to a tankful now and then for cleaning purposes?
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Slight performance increase but the slight economy vaporizes with the higher price..However if they really add some cleaners this is plus..
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So it's probably worth treating it to a tankful now and then for cleaning purposes?
I tend to occasionally use BP Ultimate or Shell V-Power once in a while in the MV6.
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No significant difference...no point in the extra expense. :-*
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I haven't found the very slight increase in mpg and performance justifies the extra expense so only use a tankful once every couple of months.
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Have only ever run the 3.0 on VPower or Ultimate for the last 7 tankfulls...
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Have only ever run the 3.0 on VPower or Ultimate for the last 7 tankfulls...
You must be earning too much James!! ::) ;D
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If you've got a high performance turbo car they make a massive difference, and as some mk3 golf (small non turbo engines I might add!) owners found out to their cost vital to make the car run right. But in anything else you'll be pushed to tell the difference.
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i have never used premium fuel but have added acetone when i fill up the tank (this was on my vectra yet to try on the mig)
only benefitted when i filled the tank and on long journeys. better performance for a fraction of the petrol cost
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What is the benefit, if any, in paying the extra for the "Advanced"or "Ultimate" fuels? Are they worth it?
i did notice a discernible difference in performance with my V6 Galant - not huge - but noticeable - also - maybe i was justifying the extra cost a bit in my head it did seem more economical - didnt do any scientific tests on this tho
ps - my wife could tell whether or not i'd put the good stuff in - said the car was "peppier"
mainly used shell v-power
i'd like to try the Tesco99 stuff but its about £2.50 a litre!!
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i'd like to try the Tesco99 stuff but its about £2.50 a litre!!
Surely you mean BP 102?
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Only ever had one car where there was a big difference in performance and the car ran better, that was a 1.9 Peugot 205 Gti
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