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Post by mavada » Sun Jan 23, 2011 10:14 pm

Is Shell V-Power good for the RS6? Is that Ron 98?

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Post by bilko1 » Sun Jan 23, 2011 10:16 pm

It's what i use and cheaper than Tesco momentum around here atm.
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Post by RS6Steve » Sun Jan 23, 2011 10:37 pm

It's 99 RON, and yes it's good
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Post by vikingrs6 » Mon Jan 24, 2011 9:36 am

Wouldn't feed it anything else..
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Post by scooby-tc » Mon Jan 24, 2011 12:55 pm

V power or Tesco 99 both 99 RON and both as good as each other (although i get better mpg on tesco)
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Post by darrenswift » Tue Jan 25, 2011 8:19 am

I've always fed my car the V-Power and it does give a few extra miles per tank.
I too wouldn't feed her anything else :)
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Post by Cornishmoocher » Tue Jan 25, 2011 9:07 am

Mine always performed better on Tesco99 than it did on v-bastard. Not mpg, but who gives a flying badgers crack about that?
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Post by mavada » Fri Feb 11, 2011 12:20 am

here in the netherlands vpower is ron95...

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Post by Shoppinit » Fri Feb 11, 2011 9:41 am

Are you sure? Says 97 on the shell site:

http://www.shell.nl/home/content/nld/pr ... /overview/
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Post by Shoppinit » Fri Feb 11, 2011 9:50 am

I'm starting to see a lot of 100 octane pumps in Germany. Can you get this in the netherlands?

Hold on, I'm confused about shell V-Power now. This from the shell uk site:
Shell V-Power is a high octane fuel (99 RON) designed to help maximize the performance of many modern engines with adaptive spark timing capacity.
Holland:
Shell V-Power is een brandstof met een hoog oktaangetal (97 RON) die de prestaties van vele motoren maximaliseert.
This from the french site:
Shell V-Power est un carburant avec un indice d'octane élevé (NOR 100+) qui a été conçu pour maximiser la performance des moteurs modernes équipés d'une correction d'avance.
100+ insane! Who'd have thought the French would get the best octane fuel...
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Post by mavada » Fri Feb 11, 2011 10:16 am

yes 100 would be great!!! Ive put shell v-power in the RS6 but while i was doin gthat, i saw: shell v-power 95... :cry: so whats the differende between plain 95 and v-power 95??? just to clean the engine as its said to do???

so i stopped fuelling after 13 liters and went to another gasstation where they had 98... :D

it literally said on the pump shell v-power 95...strange on their side they say its 97 or so...

But how can i say if i put 98 in my car, if its really 98, i cant control it, i think there are stations which make a profit of that saying its 98 but actually it is maybe just 95 while paying for the more expensive 98...

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Post by Shoppinit » Fri Feb 11, 2011 10:22 am

mavada wrote: But how can i say if i put 98 in my car, if its really 98, i cant control it, i think there are stations which make a profit of that saying its 98 but actually it is maybe just 95 while paying for the more expensive 98...
Yes, this is a big problem. And it happens more than you would think. It totally pisses me off. All you can do is cross your fingers and avoid the smaller stations.

The only way you can tell is by looking at your ignition advance and knock detector sensors using the vagcom. Not very convenient.
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Post by mavada » Fri Feb 11, 2011 10:27 am

yes, but the bigger station are a lot more expensive, but yes, maybe they do deliver 98. i recently did it at a gasstation called Elan (part of total) but maybe thats not available in the UK. i paid 1,60 euros per liter 98...

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Post by bam_bam » Fri Feb 11, 2011 11:43 am

Define more expensive? A couple of cents per litre that may equal a couple of euros per fill up... OR possible engine damage/loss of power?
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Post by mavada » Fri Feb 11, 2011 12:08 pm

it differs smetimes 15 eurocents per liter... :(

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