Fuel Selection For Avensis

[dr_roy]

G'Day Folks,

This morning I decided to put some (52.5 litres to be exact) V-Power into my Avensis (2002, 1.8 vvti), I normally fuel up with Tesco 95 octane. So what do you guys think, will I benefit from the "premium" stuff? I have checked a lot of forum threads on the internet and some people (most with high performance cars) say that they notice a difference (performance and mpg).

I must be all in my head but whilst travelling in 50mph this morning the engine felt "smoother", no extra power or anything but it felt quieter somehow. I am convinced its all in my imagination but what is everyone else's experience with either Shell V-Power or the BP Ultimate?

Is it worthwhile the extra 5-6p/litre?

Cheers

[igormus]

G'Day Folks,

This morning I decided to put some (52.5 litres to be exact) V-Power into my Avensis (2002, 1.8 vvti), I normally fuel up with Tesco 95 octane. So what do you guys think, will I benefit from the "premium" stuff? I have checked a lot of forum threads on the internet and some people (most with high performance cars) say that they notice a difference (performance and mpg).

I must be all in my head but whilst travelling in 50mph this morning the engine felt "smoother", no extra power or anything but it felt quieter somehow. I am convinced its all in my imagination but what is everyone else's experience with either Shell V-Power or the BP Ultimate?

Is it worthwhile the extra 5-6p/litre?

Cheers

hello

i 've been using 95 octane but after have tested all four injectors all of them were found as dirty.

so now i only use 95+ --- after 10k km they are all found as clean (!). the engine works smoothly.

cheers/igor

[duncanda]

I have a 1.8 T3-X and recently filled up with Shell V-Max (I normally use ordinary Shell unleaded) and drove from Edinburgh to Glasgow on the motorway (about 40+ miles) and got 43mpg (using cars computer) when I normally get about 36mpg and I thought great. The following week I used V-Max again for the same trip and got 36mpg. So I'm not yet convinced. Has anyone consistently got better consumption with the higher octane fuels?

[matty2767]

do yu think it will work first time or do you need to let a few tanks go through and clean the muck off the engine first

[Wouter]

Sound like you have a winner there?