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- Organization: Penn State University
- Date: Wed, 6 Jan 1993 20:52:46 EST
- From: <QXF1@psuvm.psu.edu>
- Message-ID: <93006.205246QXF1@psuvm.psu.edu>
- Newsgroups: rec.autos.tech
- Subject: Re: Oxygenated Gasoline and Low MPG (super unleaded?)
- References: <1993Jan4.031145.24452@julian.uwo.ca>
- <ELI.93Jan3201123@regal.cisco.com>
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- In article <ELI.93Jan3201123@regal.cisco.com>, eli@cisco.com (Steve Elias) says:
- >
- >both of my honda civics gas mileage dropped by 15% or so
- >with this oxy gas. power seems to have dropped by at least
- >15% on the 91 civic hatchback (70 hp rating).
- >
- >i know that a properly tuned designed-for-87-octane engine without
- >knock sensor should not benefit from super unleaded.
- >but as an experiment i am running super unleaded in both hondas now.
- >on the 91 hatchback, there is a noticable power increase with
- >the super oxy as opposed to the normal 87 octane oxy fuel.
- >is this the placebo effect? has anyone out there tried this?
- >
- >/eli
-
- My 82 Civic too had a remarkable mpg drop. It once had an record of 47 on my
- way to Chicago in 91. But now, it's reluctant to go up to 40 on interstate
- starting this Winter. No other troubles are found, just mpg drop. I believe
- it's the gas.
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- Ching
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