Can we mix petrol? Shell + Essos + SPC etc???

[Ctxiaogui]

all the petrol in SG comes from the same source mah, they just add different addictive to their own brand. that's all

 

Additives which one best then?

[Kenny1985]

I think is ok la. Shell, spc, esso - they also import oil from different countries ya. I think they mix different country's oil as well.

[Torquemeister]

I've done it before, but the workshop guys don't recommend it without good reason.

Ignore them they are conning you. As long as the RON meets the specified level in your car manual it is perfectly safe.

 

How do you think all those rally (London - Sydney, Dakar etc) drivers across countries and continents survive? A lot of petrol companies are single country only? SPC for eg.

 

All our fuel is from the same master batch - it is only tiny amounts of additives that are added at the end to provide the marketers with something to promote.

 

Ive just driven 5000k across EU in a BMW and filled up as and where I needed - no problems whatsoever.

[Donut]

There are really alot of naive ppl around....

 

Cars are not fragile things like cheesecake. They are made to meet different and tough conditions across the world.

 

Whats up with pumping different petrol?

[ER-3682]

Additives which one best then?

S'pore petrols all using 'top tier' additives....

[Torquemeister]

There are really alot of naive ppl around....

 

Cars are not fragile things like cheesecake. They are made to meet different and tough conditions across the world.

 

Whats up with pumping different petrol?

Hi Donut - whilst your comment may well be accurate it is a bit harsh to publicly state the obvious fopr many of us. It is a valid question and deserves a respectful answer.

Not all of us have been driving and repairing cars since early teens. For a lot of Singaporeans a car is a whole new experience and we are not all engineers and technicians.

[Wyfitms]

Hi Donut - whilst your comment may well be accurate it is a bit harsh to publicly state the obvious fopr many of us. It is a valid question and deserves a respectful answer.

Not all of us have been driving and repairing cars since early teens. For a lot of Singaporeans a car is a whole new experience and we are not all engineers and technicians.

 

Agree. No one would intentionally post a stupid question unless it's a troll

[Nonewid]

Yup, just like me.. :)

Have benefited from this thread. Thanks TS!

 

Hi Donut - whilst your comment may well be accurate it is a bit harsh to publicly state the obvious fopr many of us. It is a valid question and deserves a respectful answer.

Not all of us have been driving and repairing cars since early teens. For a lot of Singaporeans a car is a whole new experience and we are not all engineers and technicians.

 

[RadX]

Hi Donut - whilst your comment may well be accurate it is a bit harsh to publicly state the obvious fopr many of us. It is a valid question and deserves a respectful answer.

Not all of us have been driving and repairing cars since early teens. For a lot of Singaporeans a car is a whole new experience and we are not all engineers and technicians.

 

Donut may have made it out of exaperation lah. think this has been asked ad nauseum here. Even if u google, u get hundreds of thousands of replies and this has been discussed.

What is so difficult to google? OR ask the SE? Oh well, diff generations.

[S4vtec]

you will be surprised how sturdy and resilent modern cars are. It takes quite a fair bit of effort to want a car to break down .

 

There was an episode of 5th gear where they tested filling a stock disel mercedes with used cooking oil. and it ran fine! in another episode they subjected another car to a torture test, ( going through deep fording ponds , bumpy roads, burning it, dropping it from height , ) and it worked fine too!

 

we over maintain our cars here .

[Mllcg]

you will be surprised how sturdy and resilent modern cars are. It takes quite a fair bit of effort to want a car to break down .

 

There was an episode of 5th gear where they tested filling a stock disel mercedes with used cooking oil. and it ran fine! in another episode they subjected another car to a torture test, ( going through deep fording ponds , bumpy roads, burning it, dropping it from height , ) and it worked fine too!

 

we over maintain our cars here .

 

i saw the episode where they put diesel into a petrol engine and vice versa.

 

both worked fine

[Aaron_soh80]

Any bro here mix petrol using different brands, eg: Shell + Essos + SPC etc???

 

Any negative impact?

 

I've done it before when overseas, whichever is cheaper, but the workshop here don't recommend.

 

 

Y not? we already mix with PR PRC & FT here..

[Pitpot]

Done before.. no issues @ all..

[Babyt]

so if u travel to Malaysia, no SPC how?

[Wyfitms]

i saw the episode where they put diesel into a petrol engine and vice versa.

 

both worked fine

 

wow... so who would like to volunteer trying this out on their car?

[Boyboy]

All of you are wrong! Indeed best not to mix petrol from different service station in SINGAPORE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

 

Reason : BEST CREDIT CARD DISCOUNT.

 

 

U can mix your petrol ONLY in oversea as it won't cause your engine(wallet) any harm.

 

I like Jolie's and your reply.

[Jhyy701]

My friend did tried while driving in M'sia, depending which petrol kiosk he passed by. Neber heard abt any problem from him though....

 

When overseas, we use rental car, so don't really bother with mix petrol. As for own car, being very expensive in SG, we tend to take extra care not to incur extra maintenance cost. If the cars here cost $20-30k like those in Australia, I would pick the cheapest petrol.

Edited August 23, 2013 by Jhyy701

[Albeniz]

The answer is simple:

 

Look at the rental car. It is driven by different people. If brands of petrol cannot be mixed for mechanical resons, then the rental cars would run into big trouble.

 

So far, the car rental companies do not paste these signs on their cars "Esso only, do not pump petrol of other brands".