View Poll Results: wich fuel do you see the most mpg from?
BP
7
25.00%
V-power
12
42.86%
Tesco 99
9
32.14%
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wich fuel do you see the most mpg from?!?!
26-05-2008, 04:25 PM
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Well ive only ever put optimax/v-power in the cossy and cant say ive noticed a difference. I would have thought it would be very marginal and not even noticeable in reality though. I work my mpg out in the van on every fill up to make sure everythings running as it should (sad i know 
), i dont see a difference at all whatever diesel i put in.
), i dont see a difference at all whatever diesel i put in.
26-05-2008, 04:27 PM
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i use v power at the moment and to be honest i think the mpg is shit. I put it in my cossie i used to put 40 quid in and do 190 mile. I dont know if thats about right for a cossie cause any petrol car with a turbo is use more fuel than a petrol engine without a turbo.
26-05-2008, 05:11 PM
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I remember when i filled up with regular diesel from Shell. When i went in to pay, the cashier was saying i should try the v-power diesel as it will give you 5% more mpg. I said, well thats no good then cos its 10% more expensive!!!!
26-05-2008, 05:13 PM
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why no normal petrol option?
dont get as many mpg from optimax as i do from tesco usual stuff tbh.
And dont see the point wasting money on super unleaded not at the price it costs to run the cars now anyway
Sarah
dont get as many mpg from optimax as i do from tesco usual stuff tbh.
And dont see the point wasting money on super unleaded not at the price it costs to run the cars now anyway
Sarah
26-05-2008, 05:15 PM
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cause i dont use " normal petrol " so was only interested in these three sorry
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26-05-2008, 05:22 PM
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from a performance point of view in performance ford last year optimax gave the best power, all tested on the same engine
if that helps
Tbh the Cossie only got ran on super if it was going to a rolling road or the likes, it ran perfectly fine on standard fuel so didnt see the point wasting the extra money, they werent supposed to be ran on 99 ron from Ford when brand new were they
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26-05-2008, 05:33 PM
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fair doo's
from a performance point of view in performance ford last year optimax gave the best power, all tested on the same engine
if that helps
Tbh the Cossie only got ran on super if it was going to a rolling road or the likes, it ran perfectly fine on standard fuel so didnt see the point wasting the extra money, they werent supposed to be ran on 99 ron from Ford when brand new were they
Sarah
from a performance point of view in performance ford last year optimax gave the best power, all tested on the same engine
if that helps
Tbh the Cossie only got ran on super if it was going to a rolling road or the likes, it ran perfectly fine on standard fuel so didnt see the point wasting the extra money, they werent supposed to be ran on 99 ron from Ford when brand new were they
Sarah
no they ran LEADED 4 start petrol which was removed back in 2000 !!!
26-05-2008, 05:34 PM
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fair doo's
from a performance point of view in performance ford last year optimax gave the best power, all tested on the same engine
if that helps
Tbh the Cossie only got ran on super if it was going to a rolling road or the likes, it ran perfectly fine on standard fuel so didnt see the point wasting the extra money, they werent supposed to be ran on 99 ron from Ford when brand new were they
Sarah
from a performance point of view in performance ford last year optimax gave the best power, all tested on the same engine
if that helps
Tbh the Cossie only got ran on super if it was going to a rolling road or the likes, it ran perfectly fine on standard fuel so didnt see the point wasting the extra money, they werent supposed to be ran on 99 ron from Ford when brand new were they
Sarah
26-05-2008, 07:26 PM
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it doesn't matter what i put into the van dieselwise as it all depends on what sort of traveling i do in what van it is
the only measurably difference was with the bp super diesel that provided more poke at the top end of the rev range in the vitos, nothing different on the connects of the transit that i have noticed so far
as for petrol, it doens't matter what i put in, the car only does about 15 mpg around town and if i do 60 mph it'll creep up to about 36 mpg on the motorway
the only measurably difference was with the bp super diesel that provided more poke at the top end of the rev range in the vitos, nothing different on the connects of the transit that i have noticed so far
as for petrol, it doens't matter what i put in, the car only does about 15 mpg around town and if i do 60 mph it'll creep up to about 36 mpg on the motorway
26-05-2008, 07:41 PM
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fair doo's
from a performance point of view in performance ford last year optimax gave the best power, all tested on the same engine
if that helps
Tbh the Cossie only got ran on super if it was going to a rolling road or the likes, it ran perfectly fine on standard fuel so didnt see the point wasting the extra money, they werent supposed to be ran on 99 ron from Ford when brand new were they
Sarah
from a performance point of view in performance ford last year optimax gave the best power, all tested on the same engine
if that helps
Tbh the Cossie only got ran on super if it was going to a rolling road or the likes, it ran perfectly fine on standard fuel so didnt see the point wasting the extra money, they werent supposed to be ran on 99 ron from Ford when brand new were they
Sarah
26-05-2008, 08:15 PM
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not the one u rebuilt (oil pump) the one before....???...................and as said above if ur cars chipped then u are told to use "super" by the tuner.......but hey what do they know...........
26-05-2008, 08:18 PM
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u dont have to get arsey...............i was asking thats all...........(i was told it melted).............and yes my old engine melted.....no secret.......
no it didnt melt, the 2nd time but not first time 
26-05-2008, 08:26 PM
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oh and now the fuel pump after what you said Charlie chalk - exactly, you cant have economy and performance together
26-05-2008, 08:28 PM
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if you want to work out your mpg based on how much fuel you fill by the £ rather than the litre, have a look at this online calculator
26-05-2008, 08:30 PM
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..........supprised we havn't had the "cloosed loop" bragade on here telling us they do 500 miles to the tank............(cos they drive like fuckn tarts.........)
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26-05-2008, 08:32 PM
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if you want to work out your mpg based on how much fuel you fill by the £ rather than the litre, have a look at this online calculator
26-05-2008, 08:34 PM
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I've found that BP Ultimate gives the best MPG, V-Power the best throttle response and Tesco somewhere in between.
I actually use Esso Supreme as it's cheaper than all 3 of the above round my way, and actually cheaper than Tesco 95 next door.
I actually use Esso Supreme as it's cheaper than all 3 of the above round my way, and actually cheaper than Tesco 95 next door.
26-05-2008, 08:53 PM
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wasnt yours a t4 engine?
id be suprised if it should run std fuel tbh... may well be the cause of your failiure....
why only run super on the dyno?...thats when they could have spotted the issue...was it live mapped? if so i bet it was mapped on high octane fuel?
26-05-2008, 09:24 PM
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26-05-2008, 09:49 PM
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it depends what it was mapped to run...i can only run 99 octane, as it was mapped for it.
wasnt yours a t4 engine?
id be suprised if it should run std fuel tbh... may well be the cause of your failiure....
why only run super on the dyno?...thats when they could have spotted the issue...was it live mapped? if so i bet it was mapped on high octane fuel?
wasnt yours a t4 engine?
id be suprised if it should run std fuel tbh... may well be the cause of your failiure....
why only run super on the dyno?...thats when they could have spotted the issue...was it live mapped? if so i bet it was mapped on high octane fuel?
it was ran in, then went to get set up and then expired before it ever had a chance for a live map!
26-05-2008, 10:48 PM
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I've never ever noticed any MPG difference between any fuels......
In fact the only differences I've noticed are that Optimax smells sweet, and my Capri pinks on 95 RON... end of story
Trying to get good MPG is soul destroying, so I just keep filling up, and grin and bear it....
In fact the only differences I've noticed are that Optimax smells sweet, and my Capri pinks on 95 RON... end of story
Trying to get good MPG is soul destroying, so I just keep filling up, and grin and bear it....
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