okeloon 1 Posted April 12, 2016 Share Posted April 12, 2016 Afternoon all Not after any opinion, unusual for this forum I know, but does anyone have any facts about the quality of petrol that is sold on island? Is Regular unleaded any different to Super? Or is it the same fuel, labelled differently and sold at a higher price? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
HeliX 2,242 Posted April 12, 2016 Share Posted April 12, 2016 Regular is lower octane than super. Super (at Manx Petroleums garages) is very close in octane to the V-Power we used to get. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Zammo Maguire 939 Posted April 12, 2016 Share Posted April 12, 2016 They both taste the same to me. *hic* 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
alibaba 1,183 Posted April 12, 2016 Share Posted April 12, 2016 Does the super unleaded have some kind of cleaning agent in it? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
HeliX 2,242 Posted April 12, 2016 Share Posted April 12, 2016 Does the super unleaded have some kind of cleaning agent in it? Not that I'm aware of. Just higher octane. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
kevster 1,127 Posted April 12, 2016 Share Posted April 12, 2016 Do you get more MPG? I do Douglas to Castletown and back every weekday and would like to know if it might save a couple of quid....... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
AcousticallyChallenged 855 Posted April 12, 2016 Share Posted April 12, 2016 Isn't one chain notably worse than the other in terms of fuel quality? I do notice a difference in how my aging motor runs when on the allegedly worse fuel. My MPG drops too. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Rhumsaa 3,083 Posted April 13, 2016 Share Posted April 13, 2016 The common belief has been that Manx Petroleum is/was better than Ellan Vannin Fuels I don't know if that is fact and any anecdotal evidence from me could be tainted by that information prior to testing I was always under the impression that standard fuel is 95 Octane and the premium stuff is 98. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Tarne 2,511 Posted April 13, 2016 Share Posted April 13, 2016 The common belief has been that Manx Petroleum is/was better than Ellan Vannin Fuels - I have this belief too, always have done I don't know if that is fact and any anecdotal evidence from me could be tainted by that information prior to testing I was always under the impression that standard fuel is 95 Octane and the premium stuff is 98. - 97/98, yep correct Quote Link to post Share on other sites
HeliX 2,242 Posted April 13, 2016 Share Posted April 13, 2016 Do you get more MPG? I do Douglas to Castletown and back every weekday and would like to know if it might save a couple of quid....... No. Higher octane makes no difference to an engine that runs fine on lower octane. Pretty much the sole purpose is cars that cannot run on lower octane without knocking. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
HeliX 2,242 Posted April 13, 2016 Share Posted April 13, 2016 The common belief has been that Manx Petroleum is/was better than Ellan Vannin Fuels - I have this belief too, always have done I don't know if that is fact and any anecdotal evidence from me could be tainted by that information prior to testing I was always under the impression that standard fuel is 95 Octane and the premium stuff is 98. - 97/98, yep correct I believe Manx Petroleums is 98/99 for Super. No concrete testing, just that a vehicle that had the ECU mapped to run on V-Power in the UK ran without knocking on Super here (knocking not reported by engine management nor by connecting knock headphones). 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
okeloon 1 Posted April 15, 2016 Author Share Posted April 15, 2016 cheers all, EVF is handy for me at Union Mills but may have to go nearly a mile (shock horror I'm Manx that's too far) out of my way to get Manx pet fuel instead... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
woolley 19,198 Posted April 15, 2016 Share Posted April 15, 2016 (edited) cheers all, EVF is handy for me at Union Mills but may have to go nearly a mile (shock horror I'm Manx that's too far) out of my way to get Manx pet fuel instead... EVF at Union Mills? No. It's MP. Edited April 15, 2016 by woolley Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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