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re: “Name brand” gasoline
Posted on 5/16/24 at 8:30 am to TigerHornII
Posted on 5/16/24 at 8:30 am to TigerHornII
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First off, Techron is the real deal, and I have seen the test articles and raw data on it at an independent lab. It actually does something useful. Chevron is not the only brand that has it, but you can also catch BOGO sales of it in bottles at parts stores. There are maybe 1-2 other additives with the same active ingredient, but I forget who makes them.
Detergent additives are the same...you can drink the Kool Aid if it makes you feel better, but Techron MIGHT be marginally better than whatever XOM is putting in vs whatever Valero is putting in. I worked for Chevron for 5 years supporting a downstream/marketing truck rack and now work for the largest liquid storage terminaling company in the country...and handle all "brands" of additives.
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Third, if the gas comes down a pipeline, there are times when it is separated by water "slugs" from something else coming down the pipeline.
No one, and I mean no one is sending slugs of water down pipelines. If you know anything about hydraulics and keeping lines packed, you would never, ever willingly do this in a liquids pipeline.
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SOME cheap gas brands are extracted from the last part of the gas just ahead of the slug, and have a bit of cross contamination.
This is also bullshite. The interface, or transmix, if any gets cut out and sold on it's own as just that, transmix.
That gallon of gasoline you think is "Chevron" was sitting in the same tank at a truck rack that also had customers with allocation to pull XOM, or BP, or Bucees, or fill in the blank mom and pop wholesaler.
I've got 15 years in the industry...buy whatever is cheapest from whatever station is the busiest.
This post was edited on 5/16/24 at 8:31 am
Posted on 5/16/24 at 8:48 am to offshoreangler
quote:End thread. This is facts on facts.
First off, Techron is the real deal, and I have seen the test articles and raw data on it at an independent lab. It actually does something useful. Chevron is not the only brand that has it, but you can also catch BOGO sales of it in bottles at parts stores. There are maybe 1-2 other additives with the same active ingredient, but I forget who makes them.
Detergent additives are the same...you can drink the Kool Aid if it makes you feel better, but Techron MIGHT be marginally better than whatever XOM is putting in vs whatever Valero is putting in. I worked for Chevron for 5 years supporting a downstream/marketing truck rack and now work for the largest liquid storage terminaling company in the country...and handle all "brands" of additives.
quote:
Third, if the gas comes down a pipeline, there are times when it is separated by water "slugs" from something else coming down the pipeline.
No one, and I mean no one is sending slugs of water down pipelines. If you know anything about hydraulics and keeping lines packed, you would never, ever willingly do this in a liquids pipeline.
quote:
SOME cheap gas brands are extracted from the last part of the gas just ahead of the slug, and have a bit of cross contamination.
This is also bullshite. The interface, or transmix, if any gets cut out and sold on it's own as just that, transmix.
That gallon of gasoline you think is "Chevron" was sitting in the same tank at a truck rack that also had customers with allocation to pull XOM, or BP, or Bucees, or fill in the blank mom and pop wholesaler.
I've got 15 years in the industry...buy whatever is cheapest from whatever station is the busiest.
Bunch of sheep in here who can't think for themselves. It's astonishing how well marketing works on the majority of people.
This post was edited on 5/16/24 at 8:49 am
Posted on 5/16/24 at 4:57 pm to offshoreangler
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Detergent additives are the same...you can drink the Kool Aid if it makes you feel better, but Techron MIGHT be marginally better than whatever XOM is putting in vs whatever Valero is putting in. I worked for Chevron for 5 years supporting a downstream/marketing truck rack and now work for the largest liquid storage terminaling company in the country...and handle all "brands" of additives.
You have 15 years as a guy who fills trucks. I have 2x that in powertrain engineering and I've actually seen the test data and held the tested parts in my hands with two engineering degrees to back it up. Believe whatever you want baw, but you don't have a clue on this.
Posted on 5/17/24 at 2:37 am to offshoreangler
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I've got 15 years in the industry
do you think I should care about only putting ethanol free in my lil motorbike? I have been told that small engines dislike ethanol. no idea if that's true but I have been buying ethanol free for years anyway.
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