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Nathan, I'm a little bit late with my response, so I'll just direct it=
=0Ato you.My two cents' worth: =0A=0A=09When I and my traveling companio=
ns were returning from Conclave 2008=0Ain San Diego and we got to Missou=
ri, we discovered that the highest=0Aoctane available there was 91. Afte=
r filling up with that, both BJ8s=0Amissed and knocked and chugged until=
we got into Tennessee and=0Arefilled with 93 octane. =0A=0A=09Recently,=
a BJ8 owner called me to say he was in the area (300 miles=0Afrom home)=
and his engine had begun to "click" under acceleration. He=0Athought it=
was a timing problem and wanted me to check that. He=0Amentioned that h=
e had fueled up with non-ethanol. Around here, some=0Astations advertise=
"non-ethanol" but they neglect to say the octane=0Awas dropped from 93=
(with ethanol) to 91 (without). I suggested that=0Ahe forget about non-=
ethanol and go with 93. After that, during his=0Areturn home, he had no=
more "clicking" problems. =0A=0A=09Ethanol-laced gas has its own issues=
(as you might remember from my=0ABlack Hills narrative, I had some aggr=
avating stumbling and missing as=0AI left home, due to the bad ethanol t=
hat had been in the tank too=0Along), especially if the car isn't used m=
uch; but as long as I stick=0Awith 93 octane, at least the engine runs a=
s it should.=0A=0A=09Cheers!=0ASteve=0A=0A=09---------------------------=
-------------- From: "N.S. Bennett"=0A To: healeys@autox.team.net=0A Cc:=
=0A Sent: Sunday May 9 2021 2:39:24PM=0A Subject: Re: [Healeys] Vapor lo=
ck gas=0A=0AThanks for the link to the MV article on ethanol and vapor l=
ock. It=0Awas a good read. =0A Although I'm certain this has been debate=
d (many times) before,=0Awhat's the general consensus on octane rating w=
hen refueling our cars?=0A=0A I've always used the highest.i can get. Bu=
t reading that article has=0Aonce again made me question my practice.=
=0A Interested in the list's thoughts... =0A Cheers! Nathan '66 BJ8 =0A
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<html><body><div>Nathan, I'm a little bit late with my response, so I'll=
just direct it to you.</div><div><span style=3D"font-family: "Time=
s New Roman", serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">My two cents' worth:</span=
></div>=0A=0A<p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin-bottom:0in;line-heig=
ht:normal"><span style=3D"font-family: "Times New Roman", seri=
f; font-size: 13.5pt;">When I and my traveling companions were=0Areturni=
ng from Conclave 2008 in San Diego and we got to Missouri, we discovered=
=0Athat the highest octane available there was 91. After filling u=
p with=0Athat, both BJ8s missed and knocked and chugged until we got int=
o Tennessee and=0Arefilled with 93 octane.</span></p>=0A=0A<p class=3D"M=
soNormal" style=3D"margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal"><span style=3D"=
font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">Rec=
ently, a BJ8 owner called me to say he was in=0Athe area (300 miles from=
home) and his engine had begun to "click"=0Aunder acceleration. H=
e thought it was a timing problem and wanted me to=0Acheck that. H=
e mentioned that he had fueled up with non-ethanol. =0AAround here,=
some stations advertise "non-ethanol" but they neglect=0Ato say the oct=
ane was dropped from 93 (with ethanol) to 91 (without). I=0Asugges=
ted that he forget about non-ethanol and go with 93. After that, d=
uring=0Ahis return home, he had no more "clicking" problems.</span></p>=
=0A=0A<p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin-bottom:0in;line-height:norm=
al"><span style=3D"font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font=
-size: 13.5pt;">Ethanol-laced gas has its own issues (as you might remem=
ber from my Black Hills narrative, I had some aggravating stumbling and=
missing as I left home, due to the bad ethanol that had been in the tan=
k too long), especially=0Aif the car isn't used much; but as long as I s=
tick with 93 octane, at least the=0Aengine runs as it should.</span></p>=
<p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal"><s=
pan style=3D"font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size:=
13.5pt;">Cheers!<br>Steve</span></p><p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"mar=
gin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal"><br></p><br><div class=3D"reply-new-s=
ignature"></div>=0A<p>-----------------------------------------</p>=0AFr=
om: "N.S. Bennett"<br>=0ATo: healeys@autox.team.net<br>=0ACc:<br>=0ASent=
: Sunday May 9 2021 2:39:24PM<br>=0ASubject: Re: [Healeys] Vapor lock ga=
s<br><br><div>Thanks for the link to the MV article on ethanol and vapor=
=0Alock. It was a good read.=0A<div><br></div>=0A<div>Although I'm certa=
in this has been debated (many times)=0Abefore, what's the general conse=
nsus on octane rating when=0Arefueling our cars?</div>=0A<div><br></div>=
=0A<div>I've always used the highest.i can get. But reading that=0Aartic=
le has once again made me question my practice.</div>=0A<div><br></div>=
=0A<div>Interested in the list's thoughts...</div>=0A<div><br></div>=0A<=
div>Cheers!</div>=0A<div>Nathan</div>=0A<div>'66 BJ8</div>=0A<div><br></=
div>=0A</div></body></html>
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