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- From: eap@leland.Stanford.EDU (Eric Perozziello)
- Subject: Re: Premium gas to clean engine?
- Message-ID: <1992Aug14.015818.18321@leland.Stanford.EDU>
- Sender: news@leland.Stanford.EDU (Mr News)
- Organization: DSG, Stanford University, CA 94305, USA
- References: <BsxEoG.n03.2@cs.cmu.edu>
- Date: Fri, 14 Aug 92 01:58:18 GMT
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- >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?
- >
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- Many gas co's use the SAME additive package in all octanes. I can't
- tell you all of them, but I DO know that TEXACO uses the same additives
- accross the board. TEXACO is a fine fuel, and IMHO, will give the
- least problems for FI cars.
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