Supermarket Gas

[JT_MONEY_2004]

I don't know how many of you live in an area where there is a Walmart or Kroger Supermarket. With gas prices soaring again, Nissan with their weak fuel systems and high octane requirements, i'm wondering if these two places have "Good Gas". Does anybody know?

Sams club/Walmart and Kroger give discounts to their shoppers on top of already lower prices, but is their gas any good?

[natsoundup]

I always look for the cheapest premium.

What I stay away from are pumps that pump the gas very slow.... I have been told that is a sign of older technology and low gas supplies.

I think changing the fuel filgter every 30k goes a long way as well as annual bg 44k doses.

[PalmerWMD]

I would go to a supermarket gas station if I knew thier tanks are real new.

I try to go basically in my area where I observed a new station or new tanks put in.This equals clean gas.

Of course this wotn ensure that the octane is what it supposed to be ( sometimes it isnt) or get me the ebst detergent additives so sometimes I hadd BG or Techron.

Fred..

[IvoryJ30t]

I always look for the cheapest premium.

What I stay away from are pumps that pump the gas very slow.... I have been told that is a sign of older technology and low gas supplies.

I think changing the fuel filgter every 30k goes a long way as well as annual bg 44k doses.

all gas pumps have their own fuel filters.

a slow pump means the filter needs to be replaced, not that there is anything wrong with the pump/fuel

when i used to work in shops, we would only change the fuel filters when the pumps got real slow. garage owners are usually cheap.

[andrave]

the new "turbo" magazine tested a bunch of pump gas.. I haven't read the article close enough but they explain every little thing, if you are that worried you might want to pick it up.

[Q45tech]

If the pump filters are so good why do the engine filters get clogged up and add a pound of weight [after the gasoline is blown out with air] and most of the gasoline tanks in cars have a dirty residue in the bottom?

Now a pound in [6.2 x1600gallons =10,000 pounds of gasoline] is 99.99% pure [clean].........but that may not be good enough?

[BadQ45t]

I use COSTCO gas all the time and it works just fine, no sweat at all. I think for the most part as was stated above it is the condition of the station versus the stuff that is delivered. Where I live in Half Moon Bay we have 4 gas stations in the town, all owned by the same guy. Rumor has it the same gas trucks fill them all up. I am pretty sure that Shell and Chevron do not allow that, but Olympic and Beacon which are always .25-50 cheaper work just fine in all my Nissans.

[Jesda]

QT stations seem to be consistently clean and modernized. But there isn't one within 5 miles. All we have in my part of town are two old BP-Amoco stations and a somewhat old Philips 66. The Philips is the busiest, and my guess is the busier the station, the "fresher" the gas?

[IvoryJ30t]

If the pump filters are so good why do the engine filters get clogged up and add a pound of weight [after the gasoline is blown out with air] and most of the gasoline tanks in cars have a dirty residue in the bottom?

Now a pound in [6.2 x1600gallons =10,000 pounds of gasoline] is 99.99% pure [clean].........but that may not be good enough?

i doubt the filters were all that effective. the filters were very similar to the oil filters for the international dt466 motors.

and when the filters get clogged, they most likely start bypassing dirt and crud. station owners dont really care about the filters.

[JT_MONEY_2004]

REALLY GUYS, the tank, not what's actually in 'em makes the difference?Is there a standard for the different grades of fuel that when put in the same clean truck/tank/pump would make the fuels identical?

Walmart, Sams club, Kroger, have the Newest stations in my city, you're saying their fuel is better than the 10yr old amaaco(now BP-amaaco) station?

Why would a clean modernized station, reflect the quality of gas it sells. My local shell station, just got a face lift 1yr ago, it's the brightest, whitest, probably safest, most appealing station around, I sincerely doubt the fuel it sells got better with the installation of new light fixtures.

[Q45tech]

AGE of tanks in the ground is pretty much all that counts, whether they've seen 100,000 gallons or 4 million................assume 500,000 gallons per year of use.The junk just keeps concentrating in the bottom where hopefully gravity keeps it in check.

Many states [AZ] websites warn against filling up your car while the TANKER is refilling the stations tanks telling you that the crud on the bottom will get remixed with the new fuel!