 Tried regular gas, instead of premium |
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| Porschef |
 Oct 15 2015, 12:18 PM
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Filled my tank yesterday with good ol' regular gas at 2.17 a gallon, about 60 centavos less per than premium. Had about a quarter tank left of 93 when i filled it. Figgered I'd just drive it easier, as the TDI was off the road with an issue.
Well as the commute wore on I noticed that not only was there no pinging with the lower octane, but I noticed the head temps were almost 20 degrees cooler... I'm not smart enough to know if this was related, or just that I was driving it easier. However, by the time I was nearly home (just before getting rear ended) I was back to thrashing it. I would swear it even ran better... Is this possible? |
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Porschef Tried regular gas Oct 15 2015, 12:18 PM
rhodyguy Even switching to mid grade raised my idle. Must b... Oct 15 2015, 12:22 PM RobW Not only possible, but possible. Test it on a full... Oct 15 2015, 12:24 PM sb914
Filled my tank yesterday with good ol' regula... Oct 15 2015, 12:25 PM Porschef Regular is 87, mid grade 89. Sunoco is the only st... Oct 15 2015, 12:36 PM mepstein I've been told for years that regular is all w... Oct 15 2015, 12:39 PM bretth Are you not running a stock motor? Would think sto... Oct 15 2015, 12:42 PM Porschef Mmmm, left out that little tidbit, it's a 205... Oct 15 2015, 12:47 PM Racer Chris You should probably be using mid-grade at 9:1 Oct 15 2015, 12:51 PM aircooledtechguy I don't think I have ever sprang for Premium f... Oct 15 2015, 01:08 PM Mark Henry If you are running E10 regular it doesn't surp... Oct 15 2015, 04:02 PM Porschef Mark, all the fuels here on LI have 10% ethanol. N... Oct 15 2015, 04:49 PM Philip W. We have several stations here that sell pure gas, ... Oct 15 2015, 08:38 PM
JamesM Both of my d-jet 2.0Ls run slightly cooler on 87 t... Oct 15 2015, 10:28 PM  |
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