Shell V Power petrol - anyone having problems recently?

[alfadave]

I contacted Shell when I had problems with V Power.

I gave them the postcode of my local filling station.

They were unable to tell me if it was ethanol free, or E5.

It depends on which refinery it is sourced from...........which they were unable to tell me.

[RichardS]

Spotted this thread had come to life again!
My problem turned out to be that a magnet had come loose on the electronic ignition distributor rotor arm, causing misfiring, rather than anything to do with the distributor cap. So my further thoughts that V power was not to blame were correct in my case, and a coincidence.
As there is a Shell garage just up the road I have continued to use V power without any issues.
Richard

[Dellortofan]

Popping and banging can be several things related to the fuel.
The first ignition is easy to solve. Often additives from the fuel or deposits they remove are deposited on the sparkplugs.
The other where valve (s) are physically sticking quite a bit more involved and expensive. More when they collide with a piston. Back firing the extreme end of this popping.
Carbon and other deposits can be quite harmless or even useful , but when loosened and free a pain.
So using the cleaners etc constantly OK. But suddenly starting usage maybe not.