Octane

[edkellock at juno.com]

I've been back to the gas station.  I believe it is indeed leaded
gas,  That pump is separate from any other and has a sign on
it that says "Pre Max Premium Leaded Fuel".  And it did have
the larger pump nozzle.  Maybe it's some sort of sythetic deal.
It does contain ethanol...

Beats me.

Ed

On Wed, 3 Jan 2001 00:22:43 -0800 "urquattro" <urquattro at phoenixdsl.com>
writes:
> > This is an old post that I dredged up because I am amazed that
> > I have just found 93 octane LEADED premiun at a local station.
> > It's going for 1.699 a gallon.  I actually tried to put some in 
> my
> > CGT partially out of disbelief since I had bought some 93 octane
> > UNleaded at a sister station to this one, FarmCrest Dairy stores.
> > The kitty on the Coupe is hollow, so I wasn't worried about that,
> > but alas the filler neck restrictor "saved" me.
> 
> ... I have a bit of experience with this in California as the 
> restrictor in
> the fuel filler on the Fox broke free from the neck years ago, and I 
> used to
> go through the hassle of fitting a replacement when the time came 
> for smog
> testing.  The day came when it was illegal to sell leaded fuel in
> California, but for some reason the smog "pros" were still testing 
> for the
> fillpipe restrictor.  I was a bit mystified as to the rationale, so 
> I
> traversed the CARB bureaucracy.  Finally I got a response from 
> someone there
> who said that while indeed it is illegal to sell leaded gas for 
> automobiles
> in California, apparently there is some gasoline that is available 
> from
> somewhere that does not meet the Reinheitsgebot for gasoline making 
> ... plus
> having the fillpipe restrictor would save my bacon should I drive 
> the car
> into an adjoining state that still sold leaded fuel at the time ...
> 
> ... perhaps there is something similar going on in Colorado ... 
> AFAIK it is
> not possible to purchase actual leaded automobile fuel in the USA 
> ...
> 
> Steve Buchholz
> San Jose, CA (USA)
> 
> 
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