[V8] Gasoline

[Ingo Rautenberg]

Yeah, Ethanol.  My '93 doesn't seem to be liking it much at all, even  
the 93 Octane variety... :~(

On Apr 27, 2006, at 6:57 PM, Karl D. Middlebrooks wrote:

> While I can't say for sure that this was the sole factor, I do know  
> that
> after a year of feeding the car regular gas to see what would happen
> (well...not just as an experiment, but I was quite cash-constrained  
> for
> a while), I found V8 #1 being towed to the shop to have all the carbon
> gunk blown out of the engine, because the car wouldn't start (new  
> plugs
> and whatnot, too). And this was only about a year and a half after
> having carbon gunk blown out of the engine, new plugs, and so  
> on....So,
> there may be other factors, but after the price for the tow and the
> repair of the car, I decided that regular gas would never enter my  
> V8's
> gas tank again.
>
> I guess in about 6 more months, I'll know if there's something else
> going on that's gunking up the engine....
>
>
> Greg Furstenwerth wrote:
>> The gasoline costs are going up and in north bend the costs are  
>> huge. I
>> am wondering what the thoughts of feeding the car regular grade  
>> gasoline
>> is? Will it cause problems I have been using premium and I can  
>> still do
>> it but will regular damage it?
>>
>>
>
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