Comments on: Gas Shortage in Dallas?

By: tony

tony — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 05:46:37 +0000

shortage bull| the price of a barrel of oil is at its lowest price ever. also we have a surplus of oil. the public consuption is down . then why is the price of gas still going up? why is the price of desil, heating oil and any petrolum product still going up. does the goverment and big corporation think we are stupid. thing always seem to go up like whith this last scare where gas went almost to $5.00 per. galion everything else went up. but when gas came down because it was killing the ecomney of america, everything else stayed up in price. how do they think the american people can live if they can’t even pay for there heating bill. because our pay doesen’t go up because our boss says they are broke. so up our taxes up our heat and transportation cost, food and hope we have enough to pay our mortage? i don’t think so. the answer is to lower our expentures to meet our pay.

By: Bill

Bill — Sat, 27 Sep 2008 14:24:15 +0000

Both gas stations around DFW airport were out of gas yesterday @3:00 pm.

By: Matt

Matt — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 18:25:48 +0000

Some really bad misinformation here given/repeated by people that don’t know enough to be giving it. Use the octane recommended by the manufacturer. If you just can’t get the required octane, you can run lower octane but you’d be wise to drive conservatively. If in doubt, read the owner’s manual.

All modern cars have knock sensors that can retard timing if they detect knock/ping. But octane is only one factor in whether an engine will knock. Load and temperature are two more. So in the summer in Texas if you’re running lower-than-recommended octane gas in hot weather and drive hard, the computer may not be able to retard timing enough to prevent knocking. Prolonged or severe knocking can lead to engine damage.

We’re also seeing more turbocharged engines nowadays which are more heat and knock sensitive than normal cars. Some of these engines will retard timing in hot weather even with the recommended octane. Running low octane fuel in these engines is an invitation for disaster.

Some blanket statement that it’s okay to run any car on regular unleaded is just plain false.

By: Dirty South

Dirty South — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 00:47:15 +0000

I just got back from Atlanta for business, they are out of gas too. Every gas station around my hotel was out, and the few stations scattered around that actually had some left had 2 block lines waiting to get in. They were expecting more on Tuesday, but it never came. The EPA has waived clean air requirements for Georgia, allowing the gas companies to truck in the dirtiest fuel available just to alleviate the problem. There is a gas shortage in the south, but how much of it is real (insufficient supply), and how much is hype (increased demand through media manipulation)?

By: Joe Ro

Joe Ro — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 23:27:25 +0000

I say “Drill Baby Drill”

By: Gotta Go

Gotta Go — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 20:26:15 +0000

Out of everything @ Inwood & Forest this morning. Out of regular @ Midway & NWH.

By: He Kexin

He Kexin — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 16:20:28 +0000

I guess if you want to keep paying an extra forty to fifty cents a gallon have at it. I also use RXP in my gas. I put it in my tank once every 4 fill-ups and my vehicle doesn’t knock. Gas should never have more than 10% ethanol unless its E-85. More than 10% ethanol will destroy your vehicle unless you drive a flex vehicle.

By: chandler

chandler — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 14:22:51 +0000

@He Kexin

“Purer mix.” Regular unleaded(as well others but less so) has far more than just ethanol in it and is has more or less less ethanol depending on the time of year. All of these substances have different combustion temperatures that can contribute to knocking.

By: Bethany

Bethany — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 13:50:47 +0000

Uh…what?

By: Investor

Investor — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 03:12:59 +0000

They splash mix gasoline with the ethanol so you could get a hot spot of pure ethanol in your tank. Some engines have been ruined because of getting pure ethanol. I’ve heard that some marinas in Hawaii have gas pumps with gasoline only. The same as old gas in a lawn mower they get old gas in boats tank and ethanol makes the problem worse. I mix RXP with the old gas and my mower runs perfect. Since they’ve started putting ethanol in place of MBTE, I put one bottle in my gas tank every time I change my oil.