Don't know about the filling but the gas mixing is silly and a waste of money unless you have a modified engine with higher than stock compression. According to my brother in law who's been in the gas cooking business for 40 years every major and all the minor brands of gas put in the same or nearly the same cleaners and suspension agents in regular and hi test [the only grades actually brewed, midgrade is just a 3 to 5 mix regular to hitest]. And putting in higher than called for octane does nothing for you unless you have an ignition system that can adjust timing on the fly based on knock sensors. Just what he said but sounds corrects. David B you want to weigh in here? Mike ----- Original Message ----- From: Tony <tgerr95@YAHOO.COM> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> Sent: Wednesday, June 13, 2001 1:42 PM Subject: Re: Fw: Spillage when filling the gas
> Me 3 - only mine doesn't spill down the sides - it > pours out of the bottom of the van. I calc the amount > of gas necessary - ie an empty tank = 13.5 gallons > (holds 16) and stop at that point. > > ALSO - my mechanic suggests 50/50 mix of mid grade and > hi grade -- any feedback volks??? > > Tony > 89 Carat - Agnes > > --- LeeAnn Medlock <Phx13WS@AOL.COM> wrote: > > me too. > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Get personalized email addresses from Yahoo! Mail - only $35 > a year! http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/ > |
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