Fitz Posted August 26, 2009 Share Posted August 26, 2009 Ok well I went into my local Shell garage to put some V-Power in the tank, although this time it says "V-Power 99 RON" Has this just changed recently? I could have sworn it was 97 RON Maybe I'm just behind... Anyone Know? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimojameso Posted August 26, 2009 Share Posted August 26, 2009 Yeah i noticed the same although i thought it was 98 before. Ha ha. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Carsten Posted August 26, 2009 Share Posted August 26, 2009 You got no vpower racing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SimonT Posted August 26, 2009 Share Posted August 26, 2009 As far as i know Shell V-Power has been 99RON for a while now and their normal unleaded is 97RON;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimojameso Posted August 26, 2009 Share Posted August 26, 2009 Nope that sounds good. Is that an even higher octane fuel? You got no vpower racing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Carsten Posted August 26, 2009 Share Posted August 26, 2009 Vpower Racing guarantees a minimum of 100 Octane while vpower just guarantees 95 octane Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SimonT Posted August 26, 2009 Share Posted August 26, 2009 Vpower Racing guarantees a minimum of 100 Octane while vpower just guarantees 95 octane Must be a european thing that doesnt apply to us which is probably a good thing as they would charge £1.50 a liter for it!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T2 MSW Posted August 26, 2009 Share Posted August 26, 2009 taken straight from the shell UK site High performance fuel formulated for enhancing power delivery Shell V-Power is also a high performance fuel (99 RON) designed to help you get the most out of every drop. Shell V-Power is formulated to reduce friction between the cylinder and piston rings, a critical area of the engine where lubrication is difficult to achieve. It's designed to help the engine turn more freely, and so help transfer energy from the fuel to the wheels more efficiently. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Carsten Posted August 26, 2009 Share Posted August 26, 2009 In Ger: Vpower racing (100 octane) = 1,539 Euro = 1,354 GBP Vpower (95 octane) = 1,349 Euro = 1,187 GBP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thorin Posted August 26, 2009 Share Posted August 26, 2009 In Ger: Vpower racing (100 octane) = 1,539 Euro = 1,354 GBP Vpower (95 octane) = 1,349 Euro = 1,187 GBP £1,354 is that per litre? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T2 MSW Posted August 26, 2009 Share Posted August 26, 2009 £1,354 is that per litre? i'd expect a tanker to be included for that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Carsten Posted August 26, 2009 Share Posted August 26, 2009 For 1 litre Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benkei Posted August 26, 2009 Share Posted August 26, 2009 taken straight from the shell UK site High performance fuel formulated for enhancing power delivery Shell V-Power is also a high performance fuel (99 RON) designed to help you get the most out of every drop. Shell V-Power is formulated to reduce friction between the cylinder and piston rings, a critical area of the engine where lubrication is difficult to achieve. It's designed to help the engine turn more freely, and so help transfer energy from the fuel to the wheels more efficiently. I thought higher RON helped prevent detonation on high compression imports? Nothing to do with lubrication, isn't that the oil's job?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T2 MSW Posted August 26, 2009 Share Posted August 26, 2009 I thought higher RON helped prevent detonation on high compression imports? Nothing to do with lubrication, isn't that the oil's job?? oil lubrication in the combustion chamber !?!? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monsween Posted August 26, 2009 Share Posted August 26, 2009 It may have changed as V-power used to be 97ron Ive noticed this too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fitz Posted August 26, 2009 Author Share Posted August 26, 2009 Yeah I checked their website and read that to see if anything had changed? But I could have sworn it was 97 before... and the regular was 95??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benkei Posted August 26, 2009 Share Posted August 26, 2009 oil lubrication in the combustion chamber !?!? Sure, why not?! I miss read WHERE it lubricates... And as far as I know, V-Power has always been 99RON, I always choose it over BP's Ultimate, which is 98 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kill1308 Posted August 26, 2009 Share Posted August 26, 2009 As far as I recall V-Power has been 99 for a long time... Tesco do a 99RON now too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJI Posted August 26, 2009 Share Posted August 26, 2009 A while ago I did a bit of research on this subject, I questioned numerous v-power fuel stations and also sent off numerous email to Shell UK. From memory, v-power in the UK was only slightly higher than normal premium fuels sold by the likes of esso and BP. Esso and BP premium fuel was 97RON and v-power (then called optimax), was 98RON. Now, when the name was changed in europe to v-power the europeans got proper 99RON premium fuel for a good few years before the UK supposedly got it,....even though it was simply optimax with a different name. One rumoured problem with shell optimax fuel was that it deteriorated quickly from 98RON to 97RON (don't know the technical reasons, just what I found out after many questions),....and so it meant that if you went to a non-popular fuel station whereby they only fill up their underground tanks after a long period, then you would more than likely be putting in 97RON fuel. (Maybe a reason why they couldn't officially quote the RON value on the pumps at that time?) I think it was 2 years ago and also the beginning of this year when I tried to find out what the recent v-power RON values were....no filling station could give a definite answer...values ranging from 97RON upto 99RON...which probably means that they still get the deterioration after a period of long standing. But just over the past few weeks they have indeed put 99RON text on the pumps, which means that hopefully the UK is now getting the proper v-power that mainland europe is getting. Maybe they [shell] used the UK to get rid of their old stock of fuel before using the better stuff on us.....I think its well established that the UK population is seen as a bunch of suckers with most things and the big commercial companies like to tread all over us But now at least if it says 99RON then it must be that. I would hope the few members of the general public who have the equipment or means to test it can do regular checks. Side note: I do know my local shell garage a couple of months back put in some low quality fuel and passed it off as v-power at the pumps. My brother's car went into get mapped and the mapping centre in Halifax noticed problems straight away with the engine doing wierd things. He went to his local shell garage and got some v-power and compared it to what was in the tank of my bro's car......totally different colour and smell. After draining the tank and putting in some proper stuff the mapping guy was able to properly map the engine and produced the expected bhp/torque graphs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirk Posted August 26, 2009 Share Posted August 26, 2009 oil lubrication in the combustion chamber !?!? I sure hope not Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stinboy Posted August 26, 2009 Share Posted August 26, 2009 Spotted it too tonight when i filled up but could this be a bit of cynical marketing - 98.5 therefore 99? The standard unleaded has always been 95. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Posted August 26, 2009 Share Posted August 26, 2009 It may have changed as V-power used to be 97ron Ive noticed this too V-Power has always been 99 ron. It replaced shell optimax which was 98 ron. As far as i know regular shell is 95 ron. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ric Posted August 27, 2009 Share Posted August 27, 2009 Optimax was 97-8ron, the change to Vpower introduced 99Ron HTH Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T2 MSW Posted August 27, 2009 Share Posted August 27, 2009 I sure hope not exactly my point, think hes realized the error of his ways Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pixelfill Posted August 27, 2009 Share Posted August 27, 2009 A while ago I did a bit of research on this subject, I questioned numerous v-power fuel stations and also sent off numerous email to Shell UK. From memory, v-power in the UK was only slightly higher than normal premium fuels sold by the likes of esso and BP. Esso and BP premium fuel was 97RON and v-power (then called optimax), was 98RON. Now, when the name was changed in europe to v-power the europeans got proper 99RON premium fuel for a good few years before the UK supposedly got it,....even though it was simply optimax with a different name. One rumoured problem with shell optimax fuel was that it deteriorated quickly from 98RON to 97RON (don't know the technical reasons, just what I found out after many questions),....and so it meant that if you went to a non-popular fuel station whereby they only fill up their underground tanks after a long period, then you would more than likely be putting in 97RON fuel. (Maybe a reason why they couldn't officially quote the RON value on the pumps at that time?) I think it was 2 years ago and also the beginning of this year when I tried to find out what the recent v-power RON values were....no filling station could give a definite answer...values ranging from 97RON upto 99RON...which probably means that they still get the deterioration after a period of long standing. But just over the past few weeks they have indeed put 99RON text on the pumps, which means that hopefully the UK is now getting the proper v-power that mainland europe is getting. Maybe they [shell] used the UK to get rid of their old stock of fuel before using the better stuff on us.....I think its well established that the UK population is seen as a bunch of suckers with most things and the big commercial companies like to tread all over us But now at least if it says 99RON then it must be that. I would hope the few members of the general public who have the equipment or means to test it can do regular checks. Side note: I do know my local shell garage a couple of months back put in some low quality fuel and passed it off as v-power at the pumps. My brother's car went into get mapped and the mapping centre in Halifax noticed problems straight away with the engine doing wierd things. He went to his local shell garage and got some v-power and compared it to what was in the tank of my bro's car......totally different colour and smell. After draining the tank and putting in some proper stuff the mapping guy was able to properly map the engine and produced the expected bhp/torque graphs. Good post - as an aside where was the "mapping centre in Halifax"? Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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