Re: '88 80 quattro gasoline

[Andrew Duane USG/PE <duane@zk3.dec.com>]

Hairy green toads from Mars made A. D. Morris say:

> >From: grubster@megsinet.net (Martin Gruby)
> >Subject: '88 80 quattro gasoline
> >
> >What octane gasoline is required for my car?? '88 80 Q
> 
> It should run on any grade, but with the knock sensor, which yours 
> has, Premium is recomended, I guess 91-92 octane.

That's about right. My 100Q with the same NF engine runs OK on
anything. It runs a little better on 89, even better on 92-93.

The 20V engines seem to need at least 89 to work OK, though.

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