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Posted: Sun Apr 14, 2013 9:26 am
by indigolemon
Hmm, can't find anything either. Filled up with it yesterday too :?

Posted: Sun Apr 14, 2013 9:28 am
by craig_jdm
i have a free fill up on my shell points card now woo only had to spend about 6k to get it but i filled up last week and cant find anything on the net ether

Posted: Sun Apr 14, 2013 10:06 am
by LewisH
Ill ask at my local filling station. lady that works there, her partner is high up in shell head office in my town. Might get some info :lol:

Posted: Sun Apr 14, 2013 10:15 am
by ziyaan
is it because they are putting 10% ethonol in the fuel now instead of 5%

Posted: Sun Apr 14, 2013 11:16 am
by vanzep
ive tried all 3 shell statipns near me yesterday - none of them had v power and i have a completely empty tank :evil: all i have is a few litres in a jerry can :cry: guess i will have to find an alternative to keep me going - ive heard tesco momentum might be ok :?
yeah like ziyyan said theyre going to add more ethanol to all fuels - one of my pals whos rides and restores classic pre 2nd world war bikes told me a year or so ago that this was going to happen - i didnt think they would be changing v power though - this is not good news!

Posted: Sun Apr 14, 2013 11:24 am
by Donald
Hmm, not long after a company in the US has fired up their plant that uses GM bacteria to produce ethanol...

Posted: Sun Apr 14, 2013 11:24 am
by Riverghost
being engine retarded, how is this a detrimental thing?

Posted: Sun Apr 14, 2013 11:31 am
by vanzep
only jdm vtec ludes need to run on vpower and any ludes that have been tuned and mapped for this fuel will be effected - ethanol is crap despite what the petrol companies say :roll:

Posted: Sun Apr 14, 2013 11:36 am
by Donald
It's less efficient and the ethanol bonds very well with water.

That is the answer you're looking for, saying it is crap is not enough :lol:

Posted: Sun Apr 14, 2013 11:43 am
by vanzep
I didnt know the exact reason so thanks for that :)