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I'm not a fuel specialist but this certainly was the case less than a year ago when I last discussed it - suggest for more info you speak to the fuel / fuel cell people themselves - ATL certainly had comments to make on it. I can't link to it as it was all in verbal / private discussions but the below also seems to say similar.
From the old thread I posted a link to earlier (late 2005) there were a couple of posts here which may be relevant from racing59. Quote:
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But none of that affects a catalyser does it?
Also why are Ford and VW cars not affected? |
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As far as I know, no. If you go back to the post of mine which you quoted, you'll see it's in response to a post by falcemob saying there's no difference between the different retailer's petrol as they all come from the same place - not in response to "so what's caused these problems then?" and nowhere have I said the 10% ethanol is what's causing the problems with the oxygen sensors.
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Fair comment. I realised you were responding to Tim and as I pointed out Buncefield is one location where all (and that includes Shell Tesco etc.) collect their fuel. I'm sure the guys at ATL have a point but unless ethylyne/ethanol is a silicon(e) the relevance escapes me.
I would like to know why Ford and VW are unaffected though. |
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In cold countries, like here in Russia you get winter fuel, it has an element of anti freeze (I know not what the actual element is) and you get it in Germany too (Ford/VW but don't point me at Merc). So could it be an anti freeze element that has caused this problem? |
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Hi. I'm Manfred and a new member. I would like state that I had the same symptoms in my Volvo 960 (3L, 6Cyl. DOHC, 204HP) from Shell V-Power in November, i.e. vibration, juddering, loss of of power, ripping off the exhaust mountings and making the catalyser rattle just after warming up. It took a long time to find and a OBDII tester to confirm that the car had no problems as such, only the fuel. Car recovered very quickly after pumping the fuel out (60+ litres). Shell maintains there is nothing wrong with their new (smelly) V-Power (99 octane) at the station where I got mine, which surely must mean that the problem could occur anywhere. They refuse to test my pertrol, saying they are confident that it is o.k., even when I phoned after the Tesco debacle had hit the headlines. Never had any problems with Optimax (98 octane), but I am changing now to the dearer BP Ultimate. Caveat emptor! Anybody any similar experiences with new V-Power?
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Ive used V-Power in high performance engines and it works a treat, however i did notice in some bog standard cars that it didnt run the may west.
In our 97 Mk3 GTi running VPower seems to make it run better and last longer, same with the Mk4 we have. |
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