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TigerDak
Dodge Dakota
8/11/2001
01:15:54
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PLEASE: This is not about oil, oil refineries, or anything that has to do with oil.
I would like to know what you guys prefer for gasoline. Texaco? Chevron? Phillips? What do you guys use and why? What do you think is better?
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Jeff
Dodge Dakota
8/11/2001
01:44:27
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Ive been using Conaco in my Dakota ive had problems with Diamond Shamrock, my truck pinged like hell after a fillup. I think they put 95 octain in their 97 pump. I choose Conaco becuase my Dakota runs better on their gas who knows why and its close.
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Dan Gruber
Gen III
8/11/2001
07:08:57
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I use Chevron, and a few times a year I use a bottle of Techron.
Several years ago I had a Toyota that ended up with large amounts of carbon and sludge built up on its intake valves from 50K miles of using cheap gas. The garbage on the valves was so bad that the car would stall repeatedly under almost any circumstance. It cost me $300 to have the intake valves blasted with walnut shells to get rid of the build-up. I asked the mechanic how to keep this from happening again and he said use Chevron gas and add some Techron every few thousand miles. Since then I've used Chevron and Techron on every vehicle I've had and not had a problem at all.
Dan
2000 CC SLT 4.7 4X4 Auto 3.55 LSD
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mopar67
Dodge Dakota
8/11/2001
08:34:16
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I use Amoco, Shell, and CItgo. All three seem to be the best in terms of drivability and gas mileage.
Brands I stay away from: Any cut rate discount junk gas from out of the way stations as well as BP,CLark, Chevron and Mobil.
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bernd
Gen III
8/11/2001
08:56:46
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Chevron, Exxon, and Conoco (in that order). ;)
Just make sure you try not to fuel up when they're refilling their tanks...a lot of the "gook" from the bottom of the tanks is stirred up into the new fuel.
1997 Dodge Dakota SLT - V6
Supercharged @ 10#
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sandman
Dodge Dakota
8/11/2001
11:22:28
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I used to be brand loyal to Sunoco. THey make the finest gasoline. They are a little to far from home for me to go their all the time. So I have been useing shell and have not had any problems. I am running regular 87 and 89 and have not had any problems. I can not see useing the higher rateings if you do not have to. My engine idles a little rough but it has done it since it was new and it should be expected with an idle of 500rpm.
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Tim
Dodge Dakota
8/11/2001
15:42:19
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My 99 stock 3.9 dakota runs the same and gets the same milage no matter what brand or grade of gas i use.......actually, it gets a bit worse milage the higher octane i use....and the manual states that this can happen, too......
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4WD
Dodge Dakota
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2/02/2002
22:44:09
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>Just make sure you try not to fuel up when they're refilling their tanks
I thought nowdays the big filters took care of that old problem???
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Caseys
Dodge Dakota
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2/02/2002
23:15:19
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What kind of gas is Caseys Convience stores in the midwest pumping?
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Urhistory
Dodge Dakota
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2/02/2002
23:51:30
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I use Shell. Always have and always will. Of course I favor it a little since my dad owns 7 of them. :-) But I would use nothing else.
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Kevin
Dodge Dakota
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2/03/2002
01:54:24
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Don't buy Casey's gas! After they jacked up their price to upwards of $5 a gallon on 9/11 - I don't buy from there anymore. The state of Illinois and Iowa sued casey's for taking advantage of consumers and won. Casey's had to pay several thousand $ for that, and refund the money that some people were stupid enough to pay for gas that day.
2001 4wd CC 4.7
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TheJZA
Dodge Dakota
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2/03/2002
03:20:12
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Is it true that the 2000 Dak sports are designed to run on the low octane fuel? The dealer told me that and I was a bit perplexed as to why that is. He told me that's just the way it was designed.
BTW I use Mobile.
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Bill
Dodge Dakota
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2/03/2002
09:28:30
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Marathon gas is by far the best I have put in my truck. It isn't a national brand name, stations in the midwest and Florida, but nothing west of the Mississippi River. They operate Marathon, speedway, and Super America stations. Good stuff!
I agree with what 4WD said, DO NOT fill up when the tanker truck is there filling the tanks underground. Putting the new fuel in stirs up the sediment in the tanks that has settled to the bottom. Give it a few hours before filling up there.
Bill
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DeaPee
Dodge Dakota
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2/03/2002
10:11:07
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((Is it true that the 2000 Dak sports are designed to run on the low octane fuel? The dealer told me that and I was a bit perplexed as to why that is.))
Just about every vehicle around these days is designed to run on low octane fuels. Older engines sometimes needed the higher octane fuels, and, quite possibly, the Viper may need a high octane, but most vehicles today are made to run off the good old cheap stuff.
- Dave
- 01 RC SLT 4x4 3.9 BLACK
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BlackDak02
*GenIII*
2/03/2002
11:07:02
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Sunoco & Amoco, sometimes Mobil.
bernd's right about the 'gook', go on down the road when the tanker is in the gas station, because who knows how often they change their 'big filters'. Better safe than sorry, IMO.
2002 Black CC SLT 4x4
4.7L 45RFE 3.55 LSRD
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Bill
Dodge Dakota
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2/03/2002
11:47:34
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sorry, I meant to say Bernd in my post!
Bill
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