Boy howdy to ya, To my knowledge (I'm ignorant on this really) the fuel hasn't changed octane wise, additives are a different story. But anecdotally I've ran 87 without a problem in my 1.9l '85. I try to run 93 octane when possible but these days you'd have to sell a kidney to afford it! Octane ratings in Europe may have been different, and they certainly had different choices (ever seen 91 oktane in the USA?). While I never had a problem with 87 in the van, my 16v Jetta could really tell what I gave it, but that was a sensitive engine to say the least. My point finally... octane ratings matter but I never had a problem on my 1.9l, but YMMV... so why not run it and see.... you won't do any damage with a tank of the cheap stuff. There's my 2 cents... and yeah I'm still alive first post probably all year yeehaw! :-) Chris in Nashville, TN 85 GL (still needs a tranny!) On Sun, 2005-05-15 at 20:13 -0700, Dan Krautkremer wrote: > Howdy again, > > What octane fuel should I use? The label calls > for 91 octane. That was back in 86'. The fuel has > improved, right. Will I cause any damage by running 87 > octane? Thanx again... > > Danno > Delaware Water Gap, PA > 89' Jetta (daily driver) > 86' Vanagon (family hauler) > 79' Rocco (availabel) > > > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Read only the mail you want - Yahoo! Mail SpamGuard. > http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail > |
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