Shell Optimax

1. paul1087 Infrequent Poster Joined: Mar 2006 Bristol United Kingdom (England) Posts: 126 2001 Saxo Vtr 2003 Fiesta Zetec-s

   #1 14th April 2006, 03:04

   u may remember my previous post about my dodgy idle and being told to
   replace my idle speed stepper motor..
   
   well today i decided to fill up with optimax because i'd never seen it before
   and thought why not...
   
   well. my idle is much smoother and quiter hasnt done the near stalling thing
   once and pulls nicer accross the revs!
   
   u can still feel it a tiny bit but its nowhere near as bad at idle now,, well
   chuffed!
   
   anyone else had good experiences with optimax??
2. sweetVTR84 Newbie Joined: Apr 2006 LONDON United Kingdom (England) Posts: 5

   #2 14th April 2006, 06:41

   i'v used shell optimax and found it to be better then regular 95 in my vtr. iv been experimenting and have tried bp ultimate, shell optimax, tesco 99, and esso supreme 97 the last few times i have tanked up. i'v stuck with esso supreme for now. seems 2 do the trick nicely
3. darrensvtr Established Member Joined: Nov 2004 leighton buzzard United Kingdom (England) Posts: 1707 Mk 4 astra coupe

   #3 15th April 2006, 00:29

   yeah i now use the tesco 99 coz its cheaper than the shell optimax and seems beter.
4. ppavli Infrequent Poster Joined: Jul 2005 guildford United Kingdom (England) Posts: 248 wicked red vtr

   #4 15th April 2006, 21:57

   ye i try n use teco 99, but if i cant get to tesco i use the shell optimax
5. squeeler Infrequent Poster Joined: Mar 2005 Chest-Hair Posts: 159 A very sexy vts mk2 wkd red

   #5 17th April 2006, 02:30

   shell optimax all the way, car sounded rough before using it, now it sounds like a dream very smooth!!! careful on the motorway ( watch that needle fall!!!)lol, other than that very good.
6. senseless Regular Poster Joined: Apr 2006 east grinstead/lingfield United Kingdom (England) Posts: 331

   #6 17th April 2006, 02:39

   not sure but on other cars to get better performance if you reset the ecu it get the full out out of the petrol as your car was use to running the common stuff.
   well thats wat they do on celica gt4 ne way
7. gafvts Saxperience Forum Bum Joined: Mar 2005 hull Posts: 2566 supercharged saxo vts

   #7 17th April 2006, 03:40

   i just run normal petrol mate as i have found that using shell or super unleaded seemed to give my car a big misfire for some reason,i tried it out for about 1 week and it was coughing all the time
8. gotbeef Regular Poster Joined: Jan 2006 preston (lancs) Posts: 418 mk2 vts blue

   #8 17th April 2006, 20:14

   i had a bit of spare cash so put some in at shell c what happens in a few weeks my car worth it lol
9. dirt_geezer Infrequent Poster Joined: Jan 2004 colwyn bay United Kingdom (Wales) Posts: 102

   #9 17th April 2006, 22:10

   lol dreamers only helps me jap car uk cars dont benifit, lads its an illution
10. grantsp51 Regular Poster Joined: Feb 2006 United Kingdom (Scotland) Posts: 468 51plate vtr

    #10 18th April 2006, 16:43

    it does help normal cars but only makes a difference on high performance cars
    a used the normal petrol for a while then tried the optimax couldnt feel a difference but car sounded better
11. mark_saxo Frequent Poster Joined: May 2005 Posts: 839

    #11 18th April 2006, 19:26

    i use bp ultimate unleaded
12. WestyVTR Saxperience Forum Bum Joined: Nov 2004 Gosport Posts: 3140 saxo VTR, Clio 1.2 turbo, prious, Kawasaki 363 nin

    #12 18th April 2006, 20:34

    the hand book says the saxo should be run on 98ron fuel anyway!!
13. al_VTR East Anglia Joined: Sep 2004 Essex Posts: 6513 (broken) mk1 Saxo VTR, MG ZS, BMW 3 Series

    #13 19th April 2006, 02:53

    Haynes manual refers to both 95RON & 98RON. i've been running Optimax for a couple of months now, not sure if theres any difference. going to go back to normal unleaded soon & see
14. WestyVTR Saxperience Forum Bum Joined: Nov 2004 Gosport Posts: 3140 saxo VTR, Clio 1.2 turbo, prious, Kawasaki 363 nin

    #14 19th April 2006, 15:45

    the thing is tho Citreon use TOTAL as there fuel provider & TOTAL do not do a 98ron fuel.....
15. DAZ1985 Frequent Poster Joined: Jan 2006 Stoke on Trent United Kingdom (England) Posts: 700

    #15 19th April 2006, 15:49

    Quote:

    Originally Posted by grantsp51 it does help normal cars but only makes a difference on high performance cars a used the normal petrol for a while then tried the optimax couldnt feel a difference but car sounded better

    Agreed !!!!!