Re: Top Tier Gasoline
> The "Top Tier" gas standard dictates the use of lots of ethanol. I refuse > to use it for that reason. > > -- > Tegger > > The Unofficial Honda/Acura FAQwww.tegger.com/hondafaq/ Tegger: As always, thanks for chiming in. You open up a whole other subject of great interest to me. Please check on the accuracy of your statement. I respect your expertise, but I believe you are incorrect on this, at least in some cases. Shell is also Top Tier, and many stations sell the brand without ethanol. Here in Wisconsin, at some stations, they sell gas with and without 10% ethanol. The pumps specifically state that fact. The Road Ranger/ Pilot station I referenced had "Top Tier" decals on ALL the pumps, those with and without ethanol. By the way, they charge a little more for the fuel without ethanol, and I'm glad to pay the extra price. I get much better gas mileage with non-enthanol fuel. |
Re: Top Tier Gasoline
Bionic Man <t.p.bernhardt@sbcglobal.net> wrote in
news:573cb714-c840-4149-8291-cfff9a5819b1@w19g2000yqk.googlegroups.com: > >> The "Top Tier" gas standard dictates the use of lots of ethanol. I >> refuse to use it for that reason. >> >> >> >> > > Tegger: > > As always, thanks for chiming in. > > You open up a whole other subject of great interest to me. Please > check on the accuracy of your statement. I did. You can too. Go check out the Top Tier Gas offical website: http://www.toptiergas.com > I respect your expertise, but > I believe you are incorrect on this, at least in some cases. Shell is > also Top Tier, and many stations sell the brand without ethanol. They cannot sell "Top Tier" gas without ethanol. There is no such thing. Excerpted from the Top Tier Gas website's Deposit Control page at http://www.toptiergas.com/deposit_control.html : "1.3.1.2 Base Fuel. The base fuel shall conform to ASTM D 4814 and shall contain commercial fuel grade ethanol conforming to ASTM D 4806." "The base fuel shall have the following specific properties after the addition of ethanol: 1. Contain enough denatured ethanol such that the actual ethanol content is no less than 8.0 and no more than 10.0 volume percent...." > > Here in Wisconsin, at some stations, they sell gas with and without > 10% ethanol. The pumps specifically state that fact. The Road Ranger/ > Pilot station I referenced had "Top Tier" decals on ALL the pumps, > those with and without ethanol. Then they are violating the "Top Tier" standard. they're using the "Top Tier" designation on non-Top-Tier gas in the hopes of snookering unsuspecting motorists. -- Tegger The Unofficial Honda/Acura FAQ www.tegger.com/hondafaq/ |
Re: Top Tier Gasoline
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<573cb714-c840-4149-8291-cfff9a5819b1@w19g2000yqk.googlegroups.com>, Bionic Man <t.p.bernhardt@sbcglobal.net> wrote: > > The "Top Tier" gas standard dictates the use of lots of ethanol. I refuse > > to use it for that reason. > > > > -- > > Tegger > > > > The Unofficial Honda/Acura FAQwww.tegger.com/hondafaq/ > > Tegger: > > As always, thanks for chiming in. > > You open up a whole other subject of great interest to me. Please > check on the accuracy of your statement. I respect your expertise, but > I believe you are incorrect on this, at least in some cases. Shell is > also Top Tier, and many stations sell the brand without ethanol. http://www.toptiergas.com/deposit_control.html 1.3.1.2 Base Fuel. The base fuel shall conform to ASTM D 4814 and shall contain commercial fuel grade ethanol conforming to ASTM D 4806. All gasoline blend stocks used to formulate the base fuel shall be representative of normal U.S. refinery operations and shall be derived from conversion units downstream of distillation. Butanes and pentanes are allowed for vapor pressure adjustment. The use of chemical streams is prohibited. The base fuel shall have the following specific properties after the addition of ethanol: 1. Contain enough denatured ethanol such that the actual ethanol content is no less than 8.0 and no more than 10.0 volume percent. |
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