Just wasting money. More octane doesn't do any good if the engine can't take advantage of it. By the way my brother in law has been in the oil cooking business for 40 years and says that the difference in production cost between regular and high test is 5 cents a gallon. Mid test is 40% high test 60 % regular. So you can see the extra profit they're making on the higher grades. Mike ----- Original Message ----- From: Pokey <pokey@VANAGON.ORG> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> Sent: Thursday, February 22, 2001 5:48 AM Subject: What Fuel Octane? (Was: Engine RPMs???(not too long))
> Am I hurting my Air Cooled Running 97 Octane gas in it? I always fill up with Gold / Super / (Insert marketing term here) gas. |
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