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Colossus Senior Enthusiast

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Saw one of those labels at a diesel pump at the local Shell station. "Not a Shell Product" But the gasoline pumps didn't have em.

Colossus Senior Enthusiast

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Now, ideally at the tank farms/fuel terminal where they fill up the tankers to deliver the product to the stations, they will also add the ad-packs for that various brand. You get the stuff like Techron blended in for Chevron gasolines, or that nitro whatever for Shell, and the stuff that Connoco and Phillips 66 uses, and the stuff for EXXON or MOBIL and so on.

Colossus Senior Enthusiast

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Any of the top tier stations really.. But personally? My top choice is Chevron. However, seeing how we don't have Chevron out in Colorado, I go with Shell, Phillips 66, Connoco, and now Costco.

Cowpie Senior Enthusiast

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Any station that has the best value and is TT if that is what you want. I use a local farmer's coop Cenex gas station near me because I use their member fuel card and get 5 cents off a gallon when I fuel there. I have no illusions about what brand might be better. I am in commercial trucking, have tanked fuel in the past, and I see daily the tankers that are delivering to the stations. Most of them are trucking operations that have nothing to do with the brand they are delivering to. They head to the terminal, swipe a card for the customer they are loading fuel for, the system at the terminal predetermines the levels of whatever to shoot into the fuel stream as it is delivered to the tanker. All the gas itself comes from the same 2 or 3 terminals in the area, which are supplied by a host of different refineries from a broad area and multiple brand names.

TxTruckMan Senior Enthusiast

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Need a portable tester. The videos for the OKTIS-2 are all in russian but it looks like the silly thing works? No real info on accuracy...... need one that really works so I can feel confident running my Premium fuel tune knowing that I am 100% running premium octane fuel. I have lost trust in the fuel delivery system after watching this huge melt down in middle TN.

Just get some octane booster and use it to be sure. I don't think it costs very much.

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