] Mixing 87 and 93 octane
Bill, my wife's not deaf, but I really should drive my 126 350SDL more often
just to listen, also.
Wilton
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er (Acura).
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Bill, my wife's not deaf, but I really should drive my 12
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Bill, my wife's not deaf, but I really should drive my 126 350SDL more often
just
Bill, my wife's not deaf, but I really should drive my 126 350SDL more often
just to listen, also.
Wilton
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I am finding that my hearing is fading and I cannot hear the pinging. I
remember when I could - my old Suburban
Too true. I have no trouble hearing my old 300D!
Randy
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Well, Ra
Mitch Haley wrote:
> Too bad going diesel now requires buying more truck than most people need or
> want. The days of diesel Rangers and LUVs are gone. And now that I think of
> it,
> the basic full size light duty (F150, Silverado 1500, etc) never did have
> diesels that I can remember. A four
Dwight E. Giles, Jr wrote:
> Well, Randy, I can empathize-but might be time for you to drive a diesel.
Too bad going diesel now requires buying more truck than most people need or
want. The days of diesel Rangers and LUVs are gone. And now that I think of it,
the basic full size light duty (F150
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Subject: Re: [MBZ] Mixing 87 and 93 octane
I am finding that my hearing is fading and I cannot hear the pinging. I
remember when I could - my old Suburban
used to ping if it did not get decent fuel. My son was commenting that his
truck was pinging but I could
getting old.
Randy
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Tony Wirtel wrote:
> I "mix" to get 89 or better octane
Tony Wirtel wrote:
> I "mix" to get 89 or better octane at lower cost. In my area,
> regular, mid and premium are about 4.09, 4.29 and 4.42, respectively.
> If the pricing was applied linearly, 89 would not be 4.29 but instead
> about 4.20 instead. Saves about $2/tank and takes less than two
> m
>
> Some stations (Sonoco?) used to have pumps that allowed you to select the
> exact octane you wanted with a lever. In the background, the pump dispensed
> a mix of super premium & regular based on the lever setting.
>
> The 102 octane leaded racing gas I mix with regular works better in my
> Cor
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Tom Hargrave wrote:
> Some stations (Sonoco?) used to have pumps that allowed you to select the
> exact octane you wanted with a lever. In the
Tom Hargrave wrote:
> Some stations (Sonoco?) used to have pumps that allowed you to select the
> exact octane you wanted with a lever. In the background, the pump dispensed
> a mix of super premium & regular based on the lever setting.
I think you're right about Sunoco. Was it called Sundial or s
ette!
Thanks,
Tom Hargrave
www.kegkits.com
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>> Well, I think we'll be
>> Well, I think we'll be trying that! I just always figured
>> it'd react like that 250C: badly.
>
> Last time I topped off the 16v, I pumped 5 gallons of 93 octane, then finished
> with 6 gallons of 87, which gave me a mix of about 70% premium. No ping
> noticed
> so far. Getting near half a ta
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