More than likely the station that sold the premium fuel wasn't selling much of it and the fuel could have been stale (several weeks old) or contained higher levels of moisture than fresh fuel. Fuel injection cleaner or Berryman's B12 additive will normally displace the water and get the fuel to burn on through without damage to your engine. Stan Wilder www.engineceramics.com
----- Original Message ----- From: "Matt Sutton" <msutts@EARTHLINK.NET> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> Sent: Monday, July 12, 2004 10:28 PM Subject: Re: Fuel Octane, Additives
> No broad experience here, but I put a tank of premium in once on a long > trip, and couldn't wait to drive it off. Terrible power across low RPMs, > worse fuel economy if I remember correctly. I supposed the tuning could've > been off, but I get 22-23 MPG on highways with 87 octane. > > Matt Sutton > 88 GL |
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