What are those additives? How do they compare to the additives in Top Tier fuel and the other fuels in your area?
Do you have a favorite fuel?
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Probably equivalent to the red bottle of stp fuel treatment. Marathon is a top tier fuel so I would believe on par with the others. The stp liking is more preference.
We have a Sunoco station in town, and I think it's the only "Top Tier" fuel station close by so I fill up there when I can. Otherwise it's usually Sheetz.
It's just a brand name. Top Tier is just a testing and marketing standard. A lot of fuel marketers give a fancy name to their additive, even when it's just an off the shelf or custom product bought from companies like Lubrizol or Afton. And one of the really weird things is that Chevron Oronite has Top Tier tested detergent additives and sell those to Chevron's competitors. Their customers will then submit Chevron Oronite's test data to Top Tier to get certified and pledge that they'll use it with the required concentrations.
gasoline/petrol additives
Oronite offers a full line of gasoline deposit control additives to meet our customers’ cost and performance targets. Our OGA additive packages for refinery and branded retail gasoline includes regulatory compliance packages formulated to meet the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Final Rule Lowest Additive Concentration (LAC) requirements and/or California Air Resources Board (CARB) requirements. Our performance additive packages exceeds Top Tier™ standards.
Every bulk detergent additive must be on this EPA list in order to be used in US pump fuel. It's easy enough for a company to just buy something ready made and claim it as their own product. I don't see STP or Energizer (STP's parent company) on this list.
https://www3.epa.gov/otaq/fuels1/ffars/web-detrg.htm
Aftermarket fuel treatments need to be listed.
https://www3.epa.gov/otaq/fuels1/ffars/web-gas.htm
I use whatever top-tier brand has the lowest price at the moment.
I prefer Shell or Mobil. I would love Chevron, but it isn´t available near me. I probably fuel up more at Costco now than anywhere else because of Top Tier, price, and convenience.
93 E0 if I ever find it.
She’ll, because I have their app and I get a minimum of 10 cents per gallon off per fill.
I have T-mobile as my wireless carrier and they offer a special on Tuesdays (through their promotion app) where I can get an additional 10 cents per gallon off for a few days afterward, so I tend to grab that stacked savings and fill. It’s a 20 gallon max.
Otherwise I’ll grab whatever is cheaper since Shell isn’t in every town I pass through. ARCO is another I’ve used without issue.
Cenex once upon a time had a tankful of contaminated fuel that caused my cargo van to need a fuel flush and repair. That story was unusual in that the shop supervisor was married to the manager of the Cenex station I got it from. He wasn’t happy with me.
I have T-mobile as my wireless carrier and they offer a special on Tuesdays (through their promotion app) where I can get an additional 10 cents per gallon off for a few days afterward, so I tend to grab that stacked savings and fill. It’s a 20 gallon max.
Otherwise I’ll grab whatever is cheaper since Shell isn’t in every town I pass through. ARCO is another I’ve used without issue.
Cenex once upon a time had a tankful of contaminated fuel that caused my cargo van to need a fuel flush and repair. That story was unusual in that the shop supervisor was married to the manager of the Cenex station I got it from. He wasn’t happy with me.
I don't think that tin has enough warnings on it.
QuikTrip. RaceTrac could easily win my business with their great locations in my area, but they refuse to get on board with Top Tier for reasons which they adamantly and stubbornly refuse to explain, while holding their prices exactly equal to QuikTrip.
Costco / Kirkland, exclusively for my fleet. Top tier fuel at a great price!
Got a station here that sells VP gasoline i like to use it over Marathon / Shell
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