Circle K Gas

SA_Twister

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Apr 6, 2012

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• Apr 6, 2012

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Anyone ever have issues with circle k gas? I Filled my tank a few days ago with 92 octane from circle K as I was able to use my frys fuel points there. Well my car ran really freakin sluggish through the whole tank. I thought there was something wrong untill it was time to fuel again and I filled up with cheveron 92 octane like always. Car ran like a dream again. So Im wondering is circle k just bad gas? Anyone else have any issues? Or is it just my local circle k watering down their fuel to make money?

 

Az Pete

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Having lived in Az. for 35 years, (Phx., Tucson, Safford...moved to Fl 4 years ago) I have used Circle K gas when that was all there was. Never liked it and found a difference from one location to another. Wouldn't say it was water because they are checked for that....but the additives may not be there for what a vehicle needs to run at it's top level. The more "performance" the vehicle was, the more I noticed a difference it the gas quality.

I would run a can of fuel treatment just because and stay away from that station.

A very good friend of mine lives in Globe. Has a red '69 he is tinkering on...drives a flatbed of copper from the mines.

 

SA_Twister

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Not a bad idea to run some fuel treatment. I think I will do that on my next fill up. I gaurentee I will not be buying circle k gas anymore. I will just stick with cheveron from now on.

Small world for sure. I work for the copper mine here in the health and safety dept.

 

Bad Boss 302

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I avoid the cheep generic gas retailers. If I have no choice and I'm running low on gas, I will only put in a few gallons to make it to the city where I will find the major brands.

You might have thought you were pumping 92 octane but it might have been 87.

 

SA_Twister

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I dunno man even when I have run 87 from other places it didnt make my car run that crappy. I guess Im just use to my 05 wrangler that will drink anything and doesnt effect its performance.

 

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Apr 10, 2012

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• Apr 10, 2012

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I stick with BP. Even though it's not considered a Top Tier gas, BP claims it meets or exceeds TT specifications. Here's a list.

http://www.toptiergas.com/retailers.html

 

SA_Twister

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Apr 11, 2012

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We don't have any bp stations here in AZ that I know of anyways. I do remember a few years ago tho fords actually having decals inside the fuel door suggesting the use of bp gasoline. I ran some sea foam through my car and things are good now. Had a bit of a rough idle after this whole thing too. I for sure will never be running circle K gas again no matter how cheap it is.

 

Bad Boss 302

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Probably some water in the fuel. You might want to change the fuel filter.

 

SA_Twister

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Seems to be just fine after runnin the sea foam through. Thanx tho I think it was just crappy gas.

 

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Tinted

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Hello, this is my first post here. While I can't comment on Circle K gas in particular, I can tell you what I know from being a gasoline delivery driver. There are only four different loading facilities in my metro area of three million people. Two different refineries in the south metro, two loading facilities that are connected via underground pipeline from the actual refieries. I have only been to one of the refineries and one of the loading facilities. This means that with some weird exceptions I can't think of right now, every single gas station in my metro area is selling gas from one refinery or the other. I have only been carded in at one of the refineries and the associated loading facility on the other side of the metro. All the gas that's loaded out of that facility (let's use 87 octane for an example) comes from the same pipe. The only difference is the additives that each brand has and that might be maybe 20 gallons out of 4000 gallons of gas. Some are marketed to be cleaner for the environment and your car, some are marketed to make more power. In my personal opinion and that of everyone I've ever talked to about it, is that there is no real difference in gas between one brand and the next.

One big thing I wasn't aware of before I got the job delivering gas is the ratio of gas a normal gas station sells. They might sell 10,000 gallons of 87, for every 1500 of 89-90, and 1000 of 92-93. There are stations that might sell double the premium amount. The 87 gets rotated at busy stations every day. At the same busy stations it might take weeks to rotate the 92. A regular station might keep 16,000 87 oct, 5,000 89 oct, and 3,000 cot.

If the driver of the gas truck previously hauled E85 or diesel fuel and had a heel from the last delivery, it's possible that there's 25 gallons (more or less depending on the trailer and at how much of an angle the trailer was on when it was unloaded), of a fuel you don't really want in your tank. When you're talking about 8500 gallons of 87 going in one underground tank that will hold 20,000 gallons and they actually fill it to that, it's nothing. When you're talking about maybe 1100 gallons of premium in a tank that's kept maybe at 2000 gallons, it's a much bigger deal. Another issue is condensation.

Cliffs notes:

All gas is pretty much the same.

87 octane moves the fastest and is kept in the largest quantities, midgrade less so, and premium even less.

You're less likely to have problems with 87 octane fuel than 92.

The busier the station, the better.

This is all my opinion and I could be wrong on certain things.