Really stupid question about cars and gas please??

Question

When you drive up to the gas station
and there's (4) pumps to choose from
REG, PLUS, SUPER, and Diesel
is the plus and super considered UNLEADED?
[there wasn't a label that said so, however all stations here had the same thing]
So I asked some guy and he said yes [he was foreign but spoke English, so I trusted he was right and put 18$ in the tank]
Now I'm at home stranded because the "battery light" came on this car [my husbands]

PLEASE HELP
[and please no mean answers, I was just in an accident because of a deer at night, don't need sympathy just no sarcastic answers I'm gonna get yelled at as it is I bet and don't know how to resolve this b4 he gets home, + I have to take a taxi to my other job :-(
thanks

Answer 1

Okay honey, all gas is unleaded, whether it be regular, super or plus. And it sounds like you just need to jump start your car, do you have any jumper cables and a neighbor willing to hlep you?

Answer 2

I think you've had some bad coincidences. The gas and the battery light aren't related.

Here in the U.S., there is no "leaded" gasoline for sale any longer, and there hasn't been for at least 20 years. So all gasoline is unleaded. So, regular, plus, super--they're all unleaded gasoline.

Battery light? I wonder if you mean alternator light. If you see a light that looks like a battery, it means your alternator is not working properly. The alternator re-charges the battery while the engine is running. If the alternator doesn't work, the battery doesn't recharge, and you won't get very far on the battery alone. In fact, if you're stranded, it sounds like the battery power is already too low to start the car.

Any gasoline you chose would have been fine (so long as you didn't put diesel in a gasoline car or vice-versa). Your gasoline purchase did not have an effect on the alternator or battery--they are two different issues.

It is possible that the problem is with the battery and not the alternator. But in any case, you have either a battery or an alternator problem. The car should be taken somewhere that sells car batteries and alternators. They can test to see which has failed.

You should tell your husband calmly, "the alternator light came on and the car won't start." He should have some idea what the problem is, at that point. It's not something you did, unless you disconnected the alternator, which is unlikely.

Answer 3

Lead has almost been removed from all gas as it's toxic. The differences are, the "higher" the grade, the bigger the bang it makes in the engine. Any engine in an ordinary gasoline car will run fine on any of these, super is only really needed in Ferraris and stuff like that. You pay more for Super, but you might find you get a little further on a tank, I know I do in my Mercedes E320.
None of these fuels would have any effect on your battery light, any more than running with no water in the washers would! It's just not a related fault.
If you run leaded in a car with a catalytic convertor, you will "poison" the convertor, so to be on the safe side most cars with cats have a restriction in the gas filler and the unleaded fill nozzle is smaller, so you can put unleaded in a regular engine, but you can't put leaded (if you can find it anywhere) into a car that's meant to use only unleaded. SO don't panic. You probably just had a low battery.

Answer 4

Yes, REG, PLUS and SUPER are still unleaded, the Plus and Super are just better quality and suited for certain kinds of engines. You can't go wrong with Regular Unleaded. If the Battery Light is on, though, that should have nothing to do with the type of gas you put in. The battery is just that, a battery, and it and the gasoline power different things. Did you maybe leave the lights in the car on and run the battery down? Does the car still run or can you not turn it on? Your choice of gas has nothing to do with the battery, so don't feel guilty about that!

Answer 5

All of the gasoline sold at filling stations in the last 20 years or so is unleaded. The regular, plus and super refer to octane rating. As a general rule, only high performance cars like Ferrari and Porsche use the higher octane gas, but best to check the owner's manual to know for sure. But filling with the wrong octane would not switch on the battery light.

Answer 6

YES they are all unleaded.
there is regular unleaded, plus unleaded & super unleaded
Diesel is for diesel engines only, i hope you didn't use that.

The gas you use should not effect your battery.

If you are going to drive you really should be more educated about your vehicle. You should always know, what kind of gas is required, when your last oil change was, how much air should be in the tire, plus how to work a tire pressure guage, where your spare tire is kept, and how to use jumper cables. etc. Even if your hubby usually maintains the vehicle, as a driver you should at least be AWARE of these things.,

Answer 7

Heres the thing.Depending on the type of car you have will dictate to the type of gas you should us. If your car has a turbo or a supercharger or is a high performance vehicle,then you use super unleaded. If not reg. or mid grade is fine.

The battery light would NOT be affected by the type of gas you use. If anything that was just a coinsidence.

Answer 8

While plus and super are unleaded gas some engines really arent designed for it. I was surprised to but my mechanic husband told me to only put reg. unleaded in our vehicle. He said the others do something to the vehicle. I don't think it would necessarily hurt it as it might just filter differently thus making the check engine light come on. Good luck my husband would yell at me to.

Answer 9

the plus is unleaded, but the super probably isnt. normally there is what we call "premium" gasoline, which is excellent for the engine, but not for the environment. These types of gasoline are not unleaded, this is usually the most expensive kind of gasoline the station has. The unleaded would have to be the cheapest or one of the cheaper kinds.

I am inclined to think that the plus is unleaded, and the super is premium.

Answer 10

All gas sold in the U.S. is unleaded. The battery light coming on is a mechanical problem with the car. It would have happened regardless of the driver.