That damage to the pocket book is what I am trying to avoid. I have a Ford
Explorer as well as an MGB that gets 15-16mpg... The owners manual says 87 or
higher, but I think that is calcualted for sea-level. When I buy the highest
available octain I get better gas mileage... This is just one of lives
mysteries I wanted to understand better.
On Wed, 5 Jul 2000 Gonaj@aol.com wrote:
> Maybe I have misunderstood something in the past, but I am under the
> impression that your engine never needs a lower octant it simply nosen't need
> the higher octane. In other words there is no loss or damage due to higher
> octane than necessary, other than to your wallet unlike the damage wich
> results from lower than necessary octane.
>
> If I am wrong here please explain.
>
> George
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