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DavidE
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Posts: 3814
Registered: 12-1-2003
Location: Baja California México
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Mood: 'At home we demand facts and get them. In Mexico one subsists on rumor and never demands anything.' Charles Flandrau,
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Your Opinion Of Your Vehicle's Performance Using Pemex Gasolines
Includes Magna and Premium Gasolines
Does your vehicle "ping" on Magna but not on Premium?
How is your gas mileage compared to US fuel?
How many miles at a time does your vehicle operate on Mexican gasoline?
Do you use an additive? If so, which one and what do you believe it does for the fuel, the vehicle?
Have you recently had a fuel filter clog on you? Do you believe you know which station was at fault?
Have you recently found (verified) water in your gasoline? If it was the fault of the station which one was it?
When and where was the last time you encountered a gasolinera "out of fuel"?
The above is meant to allow me to learn from other folks experiences. Thank you.
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shari
Select Nomad
Posts: 13048
Registered: 3-10-2006
Location: bahia asuncion, baja sur
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Mood: there is no reality except the one contained within us "Herman Hesse"
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I always mention to people that while in Asuncion, one should maintain the tank with enough gas to get to Vizcaino because the station here is often
out of gas. We use additives every couple weeks and if we have to go through a mountain pass to get to Sta.Rosalia or Ensenada...we use either half
magna half premium or all premium...Juan's engine does ping without the premium going uphill.
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DianaT
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Registered: 12-17-2004
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Does your vehicle "ping" on Magna but not on Premium?
We use Magna with our new Outback, and used it with our Tundra and no problems
How is your gas mileage compared to US fuel?
We get less milage in Baja then on a highway in the US, but we also drive differently
How many miles at a time does your vehicle operate on Mexican gasoline?
1200 +
Do you use an additive? If so, which one and what do you believe it does for the fuel, the vehicle?
no
Have you recently had a fuel filter clog on you? Do you believe you know which station was at fault?
More than a year ago and it was in the US on the way to Baja at an intersection and after about 120,000 on the Tundra---didn't blame anyone --
just happened.
Have you recently found (verified) water in your gasoline? If it was the fault of the station which one was it?
no
When and where was the last time you encountered a gasolinera "out of fuel"?
San Ignacio last year - they run out at times.
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rts551
Elite Nomad
Posts: 6700
Registered: 9-5-2003
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no to all questions. I drive a diesel.
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durrelllrobert
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Posts: 7393
Registered: 11-22-2007
Location: Punta Banda BC
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Mood: thriving in Baja
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My 02 Yukon with 5.8l engine and 33 gal tank gets me a range of 600 miles on the highwy so I never have buy US gas when going back and forth. Around
town I still get 15-16 mpg, so have no complaints about PEMEX.
Bob Durrell
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J.P.
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Posts: 1673
Registered: 7-8-2010
Location: Punta Banda
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My current vehicles never burn anything but Magna when we go to San Diego we fill up in Ensenada and on rare occasion we may have to add some in the
U.S. but only enough to get back over the border. I have never had a problem with Filter's Water or Pinging If it it pings on Magna you need to adjust
the timing.
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captkw
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Posts: 3850
Registered: 10-19-2010
Location: el charro b.c.s.
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Mood: new dog/missing the old 1
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GAS
HOLA, in my rv back when calif. changed the gas I got a third less mileage than the baja gas..big difference to say the least..I belive that today
most pemex premium is better than calif. gas for many reason's..that said!! being I use gas in my stove,boat and see it in real time !! gas in calif
NOW can not sit in a motor for very long and asorps water and plugs filters,injectors,jets and eats feul line,tanks,fuel pump diaphram..can we say
"ethanol" not good stuff...sorry the public has been lied too again..last week I stopped by The STIHL small engine repair place to get my dog a new
pair of shades and asked the owner if he was seeing a lot fuel related problems..he looked at me and stated" almost all are work is fuel
related...which I also see more and more in my bizz (boat repair) so, I Like the baja gas now !! but could write a book about the gas in baja or lack
of it a few years ago !!!!!K & T PS I also recommend not to go below 1/2 tank in your car for many reason I can explain about later..fresh salmon
bbq time ..happy 4th all !!BANG !BOOM! K&T 
[Edited on 7-4-2012 by captkw]
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TMW
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Registered: 9-1-2003
Location: Bakersfield, CA
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In both my 04 Tacoma and the 04 GMC I use Magna and I can not tell the difference in performance. Some say the Mexican gas gives better mileage than
CA because of no ethanol in it but I really can't say one way or the other since converting liters to gallons would take a calculator etc and I
usually just do a quick divide by 4 and it comes close. Beside with the Mexican price being lower I'm happy.
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acadist
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Posts: 1125
Registered: 3-31-2007
Location: Spanaway,WA
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Love Pemex, especially the price and the wonderful odor
Dave
I moved to CO and they made me buy a little rod to make it feel like a real fish
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Bob H
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Posts: 5867
Registered: 8-19-2003
Location: San Diego
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Never, ever, had any problems with Pemex fuel. I understand that it's also a higher octane than what we buy here in California.
The SAME boiling water that softens the potato hardens the egg. It's about what you are made of NOT the circumstance.
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Ateo
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Absolutely no difference. 2010 Toyota Tundra.
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MikeYounghusband
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Registered: 8-27-2008
Location: Loreto, Baja Cal. Sur
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Mood: Always ready for more
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No problems 98 Ford Ranger 4.0 6 years up and down Baja
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David K
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Posts: 65118
Registered: 8-30-2002
Location: San Diego County
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Mood: Have Baja Fever
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I get better mileage with Pemex than California gas for the simple reason that it is real gasoline and not diluted with ethanol which is counter
productive to mileage.
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BajaNomad
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Posts: 5001
Registered: 8-1-2002
Location: San Diego, CA
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Been getting about 10% better mileage on Pemex Premium than Chevron Premium (Calif CARB). No pinging, no additives (used to use toluene and/or xylene
many years ago), and no recent fuel filter and/or water issues.
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acadist
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Registered: 3-31-2007
Location: Spanaway,WA
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| Quote: | Originally posted by BajaNomad
Been getting about 10% better mileage on Pemex Premium than Chevron Premium (Calif CARB). No pinging, no additives (used to use toluene and/or xylene
many years ago), and no recent fuel filter and/or water issues. |
Injector cleaner=xylene......take a whiff
Dave
I moved to CO and they made me buy a little rod to make it feel like a real fish
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vandenberg
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Posts: 5118
Registered: 6-21-2005
Location: Nopolo
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Mood: mellow
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Never had any problems with Pemex gas. Drove F250's, Suburbans and now a Camry. As far as milage goes, hard to determine, since you seldom get the
correct measure.
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RnR
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Posts: 839
Registered: 5-1-2010
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Ford Explorer runs just fine on Magna. Ford F250 with 460 runs fine on regular gas in US but pings badly on Magna on steep hills. Usually put
premium in one tank and Magna in the other. Then run on the Magna tank and hit the switch for the premium tank just before the hill. After 50,000
Baja miles I know which hills need premium.
Milage is the same as in US.
Never have had a problem with water. Have only had one clogged fuel filter. ABout 15 years ago in San Quitin. As I was filling up I noticed the
Pemex tanker on the other side of the station filling the underground tanks and thought to myself "Uh Oh". About an hour later I was changing the
filter on the side of the road!
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thebajarunner
Ultra Nomad
Posts: 3732
Registered: 9-8-2003
Location: Arizona....."Free at last from crumbling Cali
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Mood: muy amable
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Compare to California gas?? Bad comparison
Wall Street Journal had a piece a while back
said there were over 250 different "formulations" for gas in the U.S.
Can you guess which state has the most "stuff" in the formula???
Anyway, the question I would like answered, is simple.
Where does Baja Norte get its gas?
I would bet it comes from Long Beach, since Pemex and the US have an exchange program to swap it back and forth across the entire border states, with
priority to whichever country has the facilities close at hand.
My guess- it is US gas without all the California crapola
(And by the way- wonder why Cal gas is more expensive? Simple, it is all the stuff they have to add in)
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bacquito
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Posts: 1615
Registered: 3-6-2007
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Mood: jubilado
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I have been buying Pemex gas for many years and never had a problem.
bacquito
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Hook
Elite Nomad
Posts: 9011
Registered: 3-13-2004
Location: Sonora
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Mood: Inquisitive
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The Jeep requires 87 octane, so we use Magna. I detect no difference in performance and no pinging. BUT............my check engine light comes on
about every 8th tankful, and the code always points the finger at the fuel.
Yet it runs fine................
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