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nitrogen enriched gas
Posted: Sat Sep 04, 2010 10:42 am
by rooferdave
went to my local shell today in search of non ethanol fuel, pumps say no ethanol... but when I went in to enquire they said it has nitrogen in it which "scrubs" your tanks, googled it but still am not sure. What is the scoop all?
Dave
Posted: Sat Sep 04, 2010 1:17 pm
by Peter
Sounds like the same inriched gas my mother-in-law had after eating chili at the last meeting of flatulators anonymous....
[proly buncha marketing crap..]....
Posted: Sat Sep 04, 2010 1:53 pm
by rooferdave
I am getting low on fuel (burned 100 gallons in last 3 weeks) and am worried it will act like e10, but need fuel soon
Posted: Sat Sep 04, 2010 6:18 pm
by sehord
ethonal is corn based. totally different product then all the additives that shell or BP or amaco or whoever uses...
Posted: Sat Sep 04, 2010 8:31 pm
by k9th
I don't think I would worry about it Dave. Nitrogen is an inert gas. They may use it as an additive but I don't think it will mess your system up.
Posted: Mon Sep 06, 2010 9:21 am
by rossjo
Nitrogen is an inert gas. You (and your engine) breath air, which is about 78% nitrogen and 21% oxygen, so its not dangerous.
To make it a liquid, your gas would have to be cooled to −346°F, so obviously the gasoline company didn't mix "nitrogen" in your gas for cleaning.
Just marketing BS ...
Posted: Mon Sep 06, 2010 10:10 am
by prowlersfish
The shell gas around here has and also has ethanol