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- From: basiji@milton.u.washington.edu (David Basiji)
- Newsgroups: rec.autos.tech
- Subject: Re: Premium gas to clean engine?
- Message-ID: <basiji.713765276@milton>
- Date: 14 Aug 92 04:07:56 GMT
- Article-I.D.: milton.basiji.713765276
- References: <BsxEoG.n03.2@cs.cmu.edu> <1992Aug14.015818.18321@leland.Stanford.EDU>
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- eap@leland.Stanford.EDU (Eric Perozziello) writes:
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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?
- >>
-
- >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.
-
- Not British Petroleum (BP in the states, the slime). Their premium
- grade contains the detergents.
-
- Dave
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