Welcome to the Ask The Experts video series, where Driven guest host Megan Tan and I engage fuel experts from Petronas in light-hearted, yet informative conversation, and ask them everything you ever wanted to know about fuel.
We had a great time compiling questions from you, our dear readers, and the first episode sees Megan and I with fuel expert Chan Ming Yau, who tells us about the ties with the Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 team, the difference between consumer and race fuels, and even how modern fuels cope with down-sized, direct-injected and force-inducted engines. Enjoy watching!
FI fuel could have been long time implemented on our roads. I thought V-power was F1 fuel? what’s the use of implementing race fuels when everything is haywire here with our loving gov!
I like the way Megan pronounced “lubricant”
yes …. lubricunt
Matt, you have focus on the direction so wrong!!! but I laugh out happily after reading your comment! PEACE!!!
lub-it-cxnt ? LOL :-D
Very small holes…..? Hmmmm……..
Its time for Petronas to hasten release of Euro-4 quality fuels, which is rather obsolete now in Europe.
Information too high level, like talking to a manager not a technical person or expert as this so claims.
I would have hoped that it covers stuff like octane rating in Malaysia and comparisons with other countries on how good or bad our rating is. We might have Ron95 and Ron97, Europe might have Ron 95 to Ron 100, while US has 89 to 93. Does it mean we have better fuel than US while worse than Europe? Also what would happen if we use a lower octane rating fuel for our cars than that recommended by the manufacturer.
The other topic I would have liked it to cover is on sulfur content and it’s effects on GDI and force induction engines.
Actually, our fuel RON95,97 are Euro2 standard.
Europe, US 89/93 Actually is 89+6, 93+6.
Europe and US using AKI index, not using purely RON index.
Therefore, their fuel grade is equivalent or even higher than us. Convert to Malaysia Ron rating.
Actually, they using 89 (Ron95) and 93 (Ron99).
Both emission standard are minimum Euro 5 compliance
Proton, speed up the development of the electric car so that we don’t rely too much on fossil fuel. We have abundant of electricity in S’wak and the tariff is going down beginning January ’15…yeaa
sounds more like a scripted session.
Of course la bro….
its a trap.
@jonathan
You put on 4kg @@! Looking alot manlier now! *thumbs up*
@megan
Exposed forehead makes your face look abnormally huge when compared to your petite frame ><
Appetton weight gain perhaps….haahha
Mr chan, shirt too big bro….Sajelah…since u were talking about ‘tailor made’…
too short and too general
Actually, PETRONAS fuel for 97 is already Euro 4 standard. Some of their 95 (if I’m not mistaken – from their Klang Valley & Kerteh Depot) already Euro 4 — so for 95 ppl in KL, Terengganu, Kelantan & Pahang already enjoying Euro 4. PETRONAS can’t declare this due to government regulation.
Where did you obtain your source from? If Petronas is indeed using Euro 4 standard, they can announce it to consumers even if the dateline of providing such fuel is set a few years later.
BHP already announced that their fuel are of Euro 3 standard since 2 years ago.
We also drives like F1 on the road…