Do Shell garages over here sell 97 or 98ron ???? My regular Shell garage has it labelled as super unleaded but is this different than Shell V-Power ?
Or is it all the same?
I thought that Super unleaded was 97 and the V-Power is 98

 

i use tesco 99, and it's cheaper

 

were do u get tesco 99 in northern ireland? i thought super was 97 and v-power was 99? but we don't get v-power over here do we?

i just use super all the time, cos its handy to me... although i don't use bp ultimite

 

No V-Power available
No Tesco 99 Ron
No Optimax

We get **** all over here, and then get overcharged for crap.......

 

dont we always

only 97 ron over here Geoff

 

All (legal)petrol in northern ireland comes from one of two sources, B.P or an importer whose name escapes me(not that you'd recognise it anyway). The supermarkets buy fuel from either source depending on who's doing the best rate for them. Shell, texaco etc all use exactly the same fuel from the same tanks in the docks. Only b.p import their own fuel & b.p ultimate is the highest octane fuel available here.

 

You can get E85 in Donegal, which is circa 105 RON. Bit of a trip for petrol for most though (not to mention you need a map specially for it and its probably about £2.50/litre!).

 

You can get it at the seagate maxol station in dundalk awesome fuel my knocklink loves it 99 ron BUT only when fresh you cant store it at all I kept 25 ltrs for a week and the car ran like a dog on it.

Theres a big topic about it on the other local subaru forum


oh and its 75p a ltr

 

I dont think the stuff available via Maxol down south is E85. E85 would imply an 85% petrol content, and 15% ethanol based, which is what is available in the rest of the world, and the mainland in some areas.

From what I recall reading, the Maxol stuff only had a 5% ethanol content. So I guess it might be called E95 ??

97 RON works just fine anyway. May as well buy plenty of it, in case they decide it isnt worth selling here either !!!!

 

Sorry its E5 in dundalk

5% bio ethanol 95% unleaded

more info here

ScoobyIreland.com

 

Maxol Bioethanol E85 - Maxol Group - Fuel For All Engines. Maxol is Ireland's leading independent oil company

A list of all the places they sell E85

 

Interesting that they are starting to sell E85 too.....

Although do take note of the only cars they say are capable of running on E85 at present. That list is very very small.

 

So there are only 6 cars can use this fuel at present?

 

It requires an ecu that can adjust mixtures to compensate for the alcohol content, as running E85 without adjustments, would leave it very lean.

It requires the fuel system, ie tank and lines etc, to be safe to use with the alcohol based content. Alcohol type fuels quite corrosive to alloy, rubber etc. ( Although not 100% sure on the corrosive content of E85, good chance most cars would be fine )

Id say thats why Maxol have started with the E5 first. Its such a small proportion, that it shouldnt cause any hassles.