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Not sure what Nissan's stance is regarding Skylines and ethanol, but ethanol likes to eat certain rubbers. Those with completely upgraded fuel systems should be fine.

The only real issue with ethanol blended fuel is that it has a different density & therefore your AFR's change - making them leaner. I think the number is about 3 to 4 % from memory. So you have to be careful.

just bought a full tank of Peak98, and i have to say there is actually a performance gain(seat of pants feeling, no dyno or anything yet). Now my skyline is stock (cat back, air filter = stock) but my worry now is , is it performing better because my car is actually running slightly leaner??

When I was in SA, I used Mobil 98 a few times (noting peak say its a mobil product), and the car seemed to go better than BP most of the time

having said that, sometimes knock went up - well only once, cos after that, I stopped using the stuff.

I asked my brother (who is a petrochemical engineer, and process supervisor in an oil refinery, BP) - he told me that only BP crack their 98 at close to 98 ron - as they are the only ones that use the technology to do so (low sulphur, blah, blah, blah).

He also told me that others providing 98 ron must do so by means of an additive (some pure hydrocarbon, such as tolulene for example) which works well, but the downside is that it can 'go off' as the additives will evaporate over time, causing the RON to drop.

BP fuel on the other hand doesnt have the tendancy to degrade as rapidly over time, due to its manufacturing process.

He also suggested that the reason my car seemed to go better most times is in all likely hood they would bump the RON above 98 to compensate for its tendency to reduce slowly/slightly over time.

So bottom line, its good, just be wary of getting a 'bad batch' of fuel. May never happen, but if it does it could hurt.

I have always stuck with BP since (maybe due to my paranoia) and havent had issues of bad batch of fuel since.

So bottom line, its good, just be wary of getting a 'bad batch' of fuel. May never happen, but if it does it could hurt.

I have always stuck with BP since (maybe due to my paranoia) and havent had issues of bad batch of fuel since.

For me its also about turn over of supply

I've used almost a tankful and knock levels on the pfc seem the same as on bp ultimate. I cant feel any power loss or gain.

Of peak98?

The fuel does smell weird though as I was filling up with it.

does it get you high faster :(

I don't think they'd ship the fuel from Singapore, if they do that then the price will be more expensive than BPs ultimate. I am also pretty sure that BP has the only refinery here, so peak or not all comes from BP and of course BP will not allow competitors to obtain fuel better than what they are selling.

BP for me!!

the independents get their fuel from OS (I believe most of it comes from Indonesia?)

Its a weird setup, where BP buys crude from OS - cos its poorer grade than the local crude, and therefore alot cheaper - but BP has a refinery that can use poorer grade crude

local oil companies sell their curde OS, cos its better quality, and more easily refined in countries with 'lesser' technology, and they sell it for a premium because its of higher grade (australia has one of the best crudes in the world)

then independent fuel companies buy it in

All major fuel companies buy their fuel from BP, but BP dont sell 98 to anyone else.

And for those thinking they are getting better fuel from BP, think again.

Fuel that is sold to other brand service stations is inspected and must be of high tolerance - the other companies put in their own 'secret' additives, then sell it to the public

Any fuel that is cracked with tolerances that are still 'within spec' but may be close to other companies tolerances is distributed to BP services stations.

Except 98 of course.

****Caveat: This was all accurate as of a couple of years ago, as explained to me by a BP employee****

Can we perhaps pull our resources together and create a list as to where these new "NON" BP locations are.

Could be a great for us to use.

Mods, perhaps if you could even sticky it for a few months until everyone gets to know where they all are. I know there out there but i havent come accross a 98RON seller yet that is non BP.

make the list as mention as we discover them, address or just suburb, company, fuel quality.

Just a thought that could be beneficial for a lot of other skyline members, including myself ;-)

Peak Kewdale 23 Kewdale Road KEWDALE

Peak Neerabup 2056 Wanneroo Rd NEERABUP

Peak Kwinana Cnr Patterson Road & Ocean Street KWINANA

Peak Pearsall Cnr Ocean Reef Road and Lenore Street PEARSALL

Caltex Belmont 303 Great Eastern Hwy BELMONT

Peak Forrestdale Cnr Nicholson & Armadale Rds FORRESTDALE

Peak Lynwood Cnr Lynwood Ave & Metcalfe Road LYNWOOD

Peak Maddington 137 Kelvin Road MADDINGTON

Peak Guildford 16 Johnson Street GUILDFORD

Caltex Starshop Osborne Park 8 Main St OSBORNE PARK

Peak Lesmurdie 194 Canning Road LESMURDIE

BP Connect Main Street Cnr Main & Royal Streets OSBORNE PARK

Peak Bayswater 502 Guildford Rd BAYSWATER

Caltex Starshop Balga 436 Wanneroo Road WESTMINSTER

Caltex Starmart Thornlie 219 Yale Rd THORNLIE

Caltex Starshop Livingston 110 Ranford Rd CANNING VALE

Caltex Starmart Canning Vale Cnr Ranford&Wilfred Rds CANNINGVALE

BP Connect North Perth Cnr Scarborough Bch Rd & Charles St NORTH PERTH

BP Connect Myaree 246 Leach Hwy MYAREE

BP Connect Padbury Cnr Marmion Ave & Warburton Ave PADBURY

BP Woodvale Boulevard Cnr Whitfords Ave & Trappers Dve WOODVALE

BP Nookenburra 386 Scarborough Beach Rd INNALOO

Peak Roleystone Auto Centre 770 Brookton Hwy ROLEYSTONE

Peak Wanneroo 951 Wanneroo Rd WANNEROO

Caltex Starmart Applecross Cnr Canning Highway & Kintail Road APPLECROSS

Caltex Baldivis Safety Bay Rd cnr Baldivis Rd BALDIVIS

BP Maida Vale 269 Kalamunda Rd MAIDA VALE

BP Applecross 848 Canning Highway APPLECROSS

BP Noranda 40 Benara Road NORANDA

BP Express Palm Springs Cnr Warnbro Sound Ave & Halliburton Ave WARNBRO

BP Connect Carlisle Cnr Archer and Orrong Rd CARLISLE

BP Connect Wellington Rd Cnr Wellington & Walter Rds MORLEY

BP Huntingdale Cnr Warton & Matilda Rds HUNTINGDALE

BP Armadale 3249 Albany Highway ARMADALE

BP Bellevue 59 Great Eastern Hwy BELLEVUE

BP Cannington 1443 Albany Hwy CANNINGTON

BP Rosegarden 129 Stirling Highway NEDLANDS

Caltex Starmart Nedlands 1 Broadway (cnr Stirling Hwy) NEDLANDS

BP Morley Cnr Walter Rd and Crimea St MORLEY

BP Morrison Road 226 Morrison Rd MIDVALE

BP Bentley 1156 Albany Hwy BENTLEY

BP Westgate 85 Queen Victoria St FREMANTLE

BP Kardinya 88 Gilbertson Road KARDINYA

BP Connect Karrinyup Cnr Karrinyup Rd & Burroughs Rd KARRINYUP

BP Connect Currambine Cnr Burns Beach Rd & Sunlander Dr CURRAMBINE

Caltex Leederville 319 Vincent Street LEEDERVILLE

Caltex Starmart East Fremantle 176 Canning Hwy EAST FREMANTLE

BP Connect Phoenix Cnr Rockingham & Phoenix Rds SPEARWOOD

Caltex Starmart Glendalough Cnr Harborne St & Jon Sanders Dve GLENDALOUGH

Caltex Starshop Stratton Cnr Toodyay & Farrell Rds STRATTON

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