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Xplocivic 08-17-2004 07:28 AM

Re:what octane fuel do you run??
 
I go to Sunoco down the street and fill 'er up with 94! I'm interested in this airport thing, we have a small one close by, I wonder if they have the good stuff?

quadnie 08-17-2004 07:51 AM

Re:what octane fuel do you run??
 
hope you guys like replacing valve seals and o2 sensors running leaded fuel ::)

baldur 08-17-2004 09:16 AM

Re:what octane fuel do you run??
 
O2 sensors and catalytic converters ---- themselves pretty quickly with leaded fuel. However leaded fuel is supposed to have helped the exhaust valve stems last on older engines because the lead is soft and lubricates the valve stem.

quadnie 08-17-2004 09:19 AM

Re:what octane fuel do you run??
 
oh yeah, i forgot about the cat's getting ate up.. ---- it, none of my cars have those things so they are out of sight - out of mind.

Now the deal with the valve seals.. it's either you need hard seals to run leaded and soft for unleaded or vice versa.. I learned about it when working on an old tractor that was made for leaded, there are lots of retrofit kits for the older tractors to get them up to date with current standards.. I'll look into it later.

baldur 08-17-2004 09:32 AM

Re:what octane fuel do you run??
 
makes sense in a way, if the seals are too soft they can possibly clutter up with lead.

quadnie 08-17-2004 09:39 AM

Re:what octane fuel do you run??
 
one way or the other has a problem with the seals just falling apart when using the wrong kinda fuel.. I just can't remember which combination it is.

SkunT 08-17-2004 12:13 PM

Re:what octane fuel do you run??
 

Originally Posted by Xplocivic
I go to Sunoco down the street and fill 'er up with 94! I'm interested in this airport thing, we have a small one close by, I wonder if they have the good stuff?

if there are planes there, there is fuel there.

Originally Posted by crx88Si
I'm sportin 87 baby! NA Love :P

hell yeah!

warren_teg 08-17-2004 12:24 PM

Re:what octane fuel do you run??
 
In Florida I ran 93, In California I run POS 91

kain 08-17-2004 01:06 PM

Re:what octane fuel do you run??
 
in usa i run 89 or 87 in my rx7. but in greece i usually run 101 in my volkswagen or my motorbike.


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