Jump to content
SAU Community

Recommended Posts

The past couple of weeks I've been unable to find Shell Vmax in my area (Wollongong to Nowra), no big drama as I usually prefer BP Ultimate. Now today BP was out of Ultimate... what's the go?!?

Doing some searches brings up comments here and there on the subject but there seems to be a lot of here say about the cause and how long this is gonna go on for.

Just wondering if any of you are having no problems getting good fuel, if so what area you are in?

Cheers

Link to comment
https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/207467-wheres-all-the-good-fuel-gone/
Share on other sites

because the p[eople who work in servos dont know shit

I found the same prob was out to the local race track in SA, and all the servo's on the way out had 95... ended up putting that in + octane booster... but why the fark cant they stock 98!!!

because the p[eople who work in servos dont know shit

Exactly :laugh:

Plus, I can't be arse queueing up just to ask a question to which you'd probably get a useless answer.

I found the same prob was out to the local race track in SA, and all the servo's on the way out had 95... ended up putting that in + octane booster... but why the fark cant they stock 98!!!

Maybe I should buy some octane booster myself if this keeps up.

I have been told (and read) that there have been problems at the refineries, beyond that I don't know.

Caltex at Nowra has plenty of 98,my line runs better on shell or bp but when you have no other choice caltex 98 is better than nothing. :laugh:

Quite true :P

I had to use the Nowra Caltex last week.

I note that there is no BP in Nowra, considering the size of the place that is amazing.

I live in Nowra and can't understand why we don't have a bp,geez we have 1 little shell in town and the caltex at south Nowra.Oh hang on we have a United as well,I would'nt put that in my lawnmower.Oh well if the Caltex 98 runs out looks like i won't be going anywhere ,my 33 won't run on anything else,should of kept her stock much easier. :laugh:

I live in Nowra and can't understand why we don't have a bp,geez we have 1 little shell in town and the caltex at south Nowra.Oh hang on we have a United as well,I would'nt put that in my lawnmower.Oh well if the Caltex 98 runs out looks like i won't be going anywhere ,my 33 won't run on anything else,should of kept her stock much easier. :laugh:

:P

Hey, that wasnt your white 33 for sale on the side of the highway, sort of down near that United station last week?

:(

Hey, that wasnt your white 33 for sale on the side of the highway, sort of down near that United station last week?

No mine is rare as colour wise,granny green i would say,but then again i am a nanny he he. :D

Yeah... they're still using the same weeks old story.

I'm not truly convinced this is the real reason.

To me it makes no sense at all that a handful of failed catalytic units has this much impact.

Oh... all at the same time, mind you - And at different companies refineries as well.

Quite remarkable!

They would surely have some redundancy built into their systems in the event that some of their equipment fails?

I mean, this is a multi-billion dollar industry, not some back yard operation. The same problems still persist for this long?

Maybe they should, umm... fix it?

Perhaps I'm just too sceptical/paranoid, but I mean, come on.

Thanks for the link mad082.

heh, fair enough :)

Green ay? I wouldnt mind seeing a pic if possible.

Cheers

Main pc died lost every thing on there.Using laptop now,let me know when your down here again and i'll show her to you. :D

Main pc died lost every thing on there.Using laptop now,let me know when your down here again and i'll show her to you. :ninja:

No worries Humbla, I'm down that way every week or two but usually at short notice :)

(I'm just up the road in Kiama BTW).

Last week, Mr Samuel said he had "lost patience" with the oil companies, saying the constant high-price of petrol was hurting every Australian

oooh he lost patience, how fkn scary. FINE THE f**kERS TWICE THE PROFITS THEY MAKE FROM THE PRICE HIKES AND LETS SEE THEM LAUGH THAT OFF !!!

Create an account or sign in to comment

You need to be a member in order to leave a comment

Create an account

Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!

Register a new account

Sign in

Already have an account? Sign in here.

Sign In Now


  • Similar Content

  • Latest Posts

    • So recently at the track had experienced a loss of throttle after a period of WOT after installing the emtron ecu, recently did some logging to troubleshoot the issue and found the ECU was cutting due to a low oil pressure issue. Going over the log can see that while accelerating at 4k rpm will see 100 PSI of pressure and holding steady at that level until getting off the throttle which then after can see as low as 25 PSI at 3-4k rpm and will recover back to a normal level after that.   Wondering if anyone has an idea what could be the cause as it just feels abit strange and i dont feel like it could be a sensor issues just due to it clearly sitting at a good pressure until off throttle, in the attached can see a 3rd and 4th gear pull but can even perform great through 3 and 4 gears of WOT but still once off throttle and getting back on it will see pressure drop.
    • There are a few different ways of doing it. I'm currently running two 1000cc pre-TB nozzles and PWM the pump for control. I'll be moving over to a constant pressure system and direct port. I'll run the pump off a regular relay, have it cycle on roughly 5psi before I start injecting to build pressure and then PWM a WMI solenoid (It's basically an injector that can take a lot of pressure and not corrode with water and meth.) The solenoid feeds the 6 direct port ~200cc nozzles. I'll also keep one ~250cc pre-TB nozzle to help keep IAT's in check.  Safety will be a little different as well. I used to use a pressure switch but will be moving over to a pressure sensor between my solenoid and nozzles. I'll trigger my solenoid and if I don't see specific pressure within a specific timeframe (e.g 100psi within a second, 175psi within 2 seconds), I kill it and revert back to non WMI maps the same way I did it before with 4D in Haltech. I was just figuring out the timers in my ecu last night. They made that a little more complicated than I would have liked... I wish Haltech offered a larger set of logic/math functions like other ecu's do. I can't do very much with just AND's and OR's.  I've been asked to do fuel/ignition mapping on a medium bore engine at work in May (192L V16). Being the only programmer in my region and having went and opened my mouth about knowing the ins and outs of fuel/ignition mapping, I have now been deemed an expert. Fun fun. The entirety of the logic and algorithms are programmed in C on a PLC. As I spend more time figuring it all out, I like what I see and eventually I may consider doing the same as a pet project to replace my ecu.   
    • This would be interesting, would you feed it via a 2nd row of injectors? Or just usual WMI nozzles?
    • Cut sump up and extend. Win win 😂 
    • All, What's the recommended torque for the 1/2 head studs for RB30 twin cam conversion with RB26 head?  
×
×
  • Create New...