Date:         Thu, 17 Jun 2010 13:13:50 -0600
Reply-To:     Tom Buese <tombuese@COMCAST.NET>
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From:         Tom Buese <tombuese@COMCAST.NET>
Subject:      Re: Techron
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On Jun 17, 2010, at 1:04 PM, <mcneely4@cox.net> wrote:

> ---- Tom Buese <tombuese@COMCAST.NET> wrote:
>> Not trying to start a flame war here, but I swear that my buses run
>> better when I run Chevron gas w/ the techron in it.
>>
>> YMMV,
>>
>> Mr. BZ-no scientific data to back up claim
>
> Whatever if anything Techron is.  I used to see all the different
> gasoline company tank trucks fill up at the same Fina refinery in
> Big Spring, Texas.  There would be Shell, Conoco, Phillips, Gulf
> (still existed back then), Texaco and so on.  I think gasoline is
> sort of like flour.  Whatever brand label the local product carries,
> it comes from the same source as all other brand name local products.

We have several refineries here in Salt lake City, including Chevron,
Tesoro, Flying J & 1 other, so I assume that if I am at a Chevron
station here I am getting Chevron?
BTW, Chevron is currently "cleaning up" a 33000 gallon+- spill that is
heading for the Great Salt Lake
>
> Does the Chevron gasoline you buy have ethanol in it, or not?

Possibly in the winter only here.

YMMV,

Mr. BZ-NVC, so I'm done


>  I do get better gas mileage, but can't really tell that the engine
> runs better, when I use gasoline without ethanol.



>
> David McNeely
>
> David McNeely