accidently put 87 octane...how bad is it for my car?
 

i have half a tank of 87 octane...what should i do....?? do u guys think mixing it with 91 octane wiht osme booster in it would work?

ls/turbo

Re: accidently put 87 octane...how bad is it for my car?
 

You could throw in some octane booster if you want to. That would help some.

Re: accidently put 87 octane...how bad is it for my car?
 

octane booster adds .1 to a full tank, useless.

just dont boost for half a tank, then find some 91 (or higher)

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stay out of boost, and don't be dumb again. I even run Non-oxygenated premium on my stock 88 DX commuter.

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yeah lately the gas is awful. I usually run 89 oct in my daily driver at least

Re: accidently put 87 octane...how bad is it for my car?
 

Some guy around here put 87 in his car the day he finished his boost install.

Shorest lived turbo kit if you know what I mean (he blew up his engine that nght).

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Don't boost!. If your really scare(which you shouldn't be if you don't boost) retard your timing.

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would mixing racing gas help?

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just start you car land let it idle in the driveway for a few hours until you burn most of the tank off (gass light comes on) then fill up with 93

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well i brought apump from kragen, one that is specially designed for situations like this, so hopefully it be koo now

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nvm, for some reason, the tube does not reach all the way to the gasoline, im guessing the tank is either shaped funny or have something blockin the damn tube, but anyways i brought one of those racing octane boosters, which they claim raises 5-7 octane numbers and hopefully it will be koo...

Re: accidently put 87 octane...how bad is it for my car?
 

pull the plug in the bottom of the gas tank.

Re: accidently put 87 octane...how bad is it for my car?
 

yup just drain the tank and learn your lesson double check

Re: accidently put 87 octane...how bad is it for my car?
 

drain it.
the 5-7 ocatne point from octan boosters mean 0.5 to 0.7 ::) so u get urself a 87.7octane gas LOL

Re: accidently put 87 octane...how bad is it for my car?
 

i woulda just filled up the other half with 92-93octane and drove like a ----- for a while.

Re: accidently put 87 octane...how bad is it for my car?
 

87 is all I ever run, even on 85 shot of nitrous............

Maybe when I get a 14B i'll change, but only planning 6 psi.

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someone told me that i can leave the motor on then disconnect the fuel line that connects to the motor , and drain it like that. is that true?

Re: accidently put 87 octane...how bad is it for my car?
 

is this under the car?

Re: accidently put 87 octane...how bad is it for my car?
 

Why don't you get one of those goofy hand pump/syphon things and pump it into a can or another car?

Re: accidently put 87 octane...how bad is it for my car?
 

i was told that u can run boost on 87 fuel

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didnt' work, the manager at kragen tried to help me too

Re: accidently put 87 octane...how bad is it for my car?
 

get a few gallons of race gas and mix it in

Re: accidently put 87 octane...how bad is it for my car?
 

exactly what i would do

Re: accidently put 87 octane...how bad is it for my car?
 

the car will run fine.

octane is used to deter detonation, so just fill up the other half with 92-93 octane to offset it some, and drive outta boost til the tanks gone.

Re: accidently put 87 octane...how bad is it for my car?
 

ive ran 89 octane on my ---- and i never had any problems...however i dont anymore so eh, just stay outta boost.

Re: accidently put 87 octane...how bad is it for my car?
 

Guess no one read the article in the July Sport Compact Car about octane boosters? They do work, some better than others and just not as well as they say. From their tests it shows NOS's booster works the best yielding about 93 octane.

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nawwzz octane booster..between that and stickers you could have a 10 second car