MTBE in gasoline. Good or bad for performance? No difference? Local 76 offers non-MTBE gas. Ideas?
02-09-2003, 07:14 PM
#1
AudiWorld Super User
Thread Starter
Join Date: Oct 2002
Posts: 16,802
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
MTBE in gasoline. Good or bad for performance? No difference? Local 76 offers non-MTBE gas. Ideas?
is it just more environmentally friendly or could it hurt/help my performance?
02-09-2003, 07:39 PM
#2
AudiWorld Senior Member
Join Date: Jul 2002
Posts: 1,535
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
standard oil/MBTE is the principal reason gas in california is 91...just use 76...
we would be much better off with the gas that every state uses but california....many studies have indicated tMBTE byproducts of combustion might be linked to systemic nerve damage...because of that and other concerns this fuel additive is banned in europe...this additive is as 'old school' as it gets...the ****'s added MBTE to v1/2 rockets kerosene fuel to reduce the soot to escape detection.
02-09-2003, 08:02 PM
#4
AudiWorld Senior Member
Join Date: Jul 2002
Posts: 1,535
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
it's not about pollution it's about a few making $$$ selling us inferior 91 octane gas...
...it takes $20 dollars of 100 octane to bring a tank of 91 up to 93...why should we pay $40 for 93...and at the same time have all the other incidental concerns related to health...it's about $$$...and $$$ only....europe has given up on this additive many years ago...
02-09-2003, 08:06 PM
#5
AudiWorld Super User
Join Date: Mar 2000
Posts: 6,015
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
CARB! CARB!! Don't talk to me about CARB.
Bunch of environmental idiots.
Persuaded the oil companies to use MTBE in the gas as an oxygenate (to promote cleaner burning) even though they were warned of its toxic nature.
After years of use (and ****ty fuel as a result) it's now found to have leaked into ground water and poisoned hundreds of locations. The clean up will be an absolute nightmare.
CARB are the people who now want to beat industry into the ground by regulating diesel engines.
Persuaded the oil companies to use MTBE in the gas as an oxygenate (to promote cleaner burning) even though they were warned of its toxic nature.
After years of use (and ****ty fuel as a result) it's now found to have leaked into ground water and poisoned hundreds of locations. The clean up will be an absolute nightmare.
CARB are the people who now want to beat industry into the ground by regulating diesel engines.
Thread
Thread Starter
Forum
Replies
Last Post
MyDogWally
Audi A5 / S5 / RS5 Coupe & Cabrio (B8)
8
08-31-2018 04:41 AM
NINEZeRO
Audi A5 / S5 / RS5 Coupe & Cabrio (B8)
14
11-10-2008 12:34 PM
cs22
S4 / RS4 (B5 Platform) Discussion
8
10-11-2001 01:40 PM
