pinging from costco gas
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pinging from costco gas
Anyone else here buys super gas from Costco Iwilei? I usually drive with my windows up with the a/c on but recently on a drive with the windows down I noticed what I thought was pinging as I was accelerating. I turned down the tunes and sure enough it was pinging and with just myself in the car without the a/c on. My g is still fairly new having only 5k miles, anyone else have this problem? And is this something for the stealership to look at or try another gas station or octane boost.
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don't use cheap gas... Costco gas is like going to Aloha to put gas... Junk gas... Chevron/Tesoro/Shell Only...
... it happened to my friends car also... knocking after...never went Costco again...
... it happened to my friends car also... knocking after...never went Costco again...
^... oh and 76 is good too... i forgot about them... 
i noticed... with 76 i got a deeper tone...car sounds a lot better..
shell.... gave me little better performance....sound was more raspy..
chevron... all around sound and performance..
what about everyone else??
i also been putting in that ETHOS... anyone tried that? i love it! car actually feels better!!
shell.... gave me little better performance....sound was more raspy..
chevron... all around sound and performance..
what about everyone else??
i also been putting in that ETHOS... anyone tried that? i love it! car actually feels better!!
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^fuel and oil additive.
runs cleaner.....better throttle response...
feels like an increase in horsepower... PROMISE!!
you know that new feeling you got when you change your oil? FEELS LIKE THAT ALL THE TIME!!
runs cleaner.....better throttle response...
feels like an increase in horsepower... PROMISE!!
you know that new feeling you got when you change your oil? FEELS LIKE THAT ALL THE TIME!!
^^Bah it's all in the head lol...nah j/k. Anyway tesoro seems like it give me better gas mileage, and chevron has the worst gas mileage from my experience. Don't ever use costco cause like jdb said it's gas from aloha. When I had my eclipse I did a few test on which gas gave the best performance or rather less knock. I data logged a full tank of gas on chevron, 76, and tesoro, never tried shell though. And on all test on the same amount of boost I got the least knock on 76. Take it as a grain of salt though cause there could always be 100s of different factors.
In my experiance, gauged with the 5.3L V8 in my truck, I got the best gas mileage from using 92 Octane gas from the following gas stations in order:
1. 76 most expensive though
2. Chevron
3. Aloha
and only in emergencies when you get lazy and wait till you have to absolutely fill up.
4. Shell
5. Tesoro
If you guys have access to military base gas. Don't use that crap it's cheap gas. I don't use Costco gas either.
JMO guys.
1. 76 most expensive though
2. Chevron
3. Aloha
and only in emergencies when you get lazy and wait till you have to absolutely fill up.
4. Shell
5. Tesoro
If you guys have access to military base gas. Don't use that crap it's cheap gas. I don't use Costco gas either.
JMO guys.
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Originally Posted by ak808
^^Bah it's all in the head lol...nah j/k. Anyway tesoro seems like it give me better gas mileage, and chevron has the worst gas mileage from my experience. Don't ever use costco cause like jdb said it's gas from aloha. When I had my eclipse I did a few test on which gas gave the best performance or rather less knock. I data logged a full tank of gas on chevron, 76, and tesoro, never tried shell though. And on all test on the same amount of boost I got the least knock on 76. Take it as a grain of salt though cause there could always be 100s of different factors.