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Date: Mon, 30 Sep 2002 17:34:55 -0500
From: "The Trevyn" <TPAIGEnopsamam.mn.rr.com>
Subject: Re: turbo - regular or hi-octane?


"Bob" <uctraingNOSPAMnopsamanet.com> wrote in message news:glihpuc3t8forah3d0d5j8b7hdaj2d2v9lnopsamcom... > On Mon, 30 Sep 2002 13:20:52 -0500, "Walt Kienzle" <wkienzlenopsam.net> > wrote: > > >The difference in fuel making for a cleaner engine > >has more to do with the brand of gas these days than the grade of gas. > >Federal law has a minimum requirement for engine cleaning additives, but the > >better brands often exceed those requirements and they do it for all their > >grades of fuel. In the past, only premium grades got the better additive > >package because premium gas had a habit of gumming up the intake valves more > >than the lower octane grades. > > The gas companies just finished up a long lawsuit with the Fed's a > year or so ago concerning claims that premium fuel was somehow > "cleaner burning" than low octane. Bottom line is that they all add > the same additives (less the octane boost) to all of their grades > of gas. They are now prohibited from making the fraudulent claim > that higher octane gas is any better for your engine in any regard > except octane. > > Bob So what does this mean in terms of what kind of gas to use? I am not mechanically inclined...

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