Am I hurting my Air Cooled Running 97 Octane gas in it? I always fill up with Gold / Super / (Insert marketing term here) gas. I have 190,000 Km / 115,000 miles on the clock (most aren't mine) but the engine is strong. Compression is at manufacturers specifications; 130, 130, 125, 130. According to Bentley, the requirements for a new engine are 131 PSI and there is a 40 PSI range. Thanks, Chris On Thu, 22 February 2001, Robert Keezer wrote: SNIP The Vanagon low compression engines were designed to run on low octane at a national speed limit of 55 during the 80's. The air-cooled engines also are low compression to keep operating temperatures low. The Vanagon air-cooled engines are run by the same AFC FI system that came out in VW's in 1974. It is less effecient than the Digifant system,CIS-E and the Motronic. SNIP Since I have owned two well running WBX, I have come to like them in spite of themselves. Perhaps it's really because most all of them go over 100,000 miles, something I was never able to accomplish in 15 years of air cooled VW's. Thanks, Chris Gronski '80 Westy "Pokey" - SLOPOKEY '87 Chevrolet Sprint - Ice Racer '91 Pontiac Firefly - Convertable www.vanagon.org & .ca www.gronski.com, .org, & .ca www.nineelven.org & .ca |
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