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- From: colombo@bronco.fnal.gov
- Subject: Re: Premium gas to clean engine?
- Message-ID: <1992Aug13.161159.1@bronco.fnal.gov>
- Sender: daemon@linac.fnal.gov (The Background Man)
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- Organization: Fermilab Computing Division
- References: <BsxEoG.n03.2@cs.cmu.edu>
- Date: Thu, 13 Aug 1992 22:11:59 GMT
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- In article <BsxEoG.n03.2@cs.cmu.edu>, michal+@cs.cmu.edu (Michal Prussak) writes:
- >
- > I am perfectly aware of the fact that using premium gas in an ordinary
- > engin won't improve performance, but my repair manual ("How to Keep
- > Your Honda Alive...", an excellent book BTW), says that it's a good
- > idea to occasionally fill up with premium. They say this will clean
- > up the engine (from carbon deposits?). So, what does the net think about
- > it?
- >
- > Michal
-
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- If they mean *detergents*, then no, premium and regular gas have the
- same amount of detergents (assuming that your brand has any at all :-).
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