Date:         Sun, 23 Jun 1996 17:26:19 -0700
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@vanagon.com>
From:         DOUGLAS <douglas@bigpig.pig.net>
Subject:      Re: Reply to: Re: Oil cooler placement...pt II

sean bartnik wrote:
> 
> 91 octane?!  I beg to differ!  VW engines were built to handle cheap 
>low quality gas all around the world, like in places where they say 
>"octane?  what the hel
> 
> Sean

When the VW was designed, 93 octane fuel WAS cheap gas.

The cover to my '68 TII fuel fill says "91 Octane minium".

I feel that if the VW people tell me 91 is what I need, thats good enough 
for me.

If you run cheap fuel, drop your timing back 2 or 3 degrees to keep from 
overheating.

Douglas

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