Octane booster should work as a temporary fix. I had to use it for a while
on my high-compression V8 (other car). I wouldn't recommend it for regular
use -- the ingredient list is pretty scary. And it isn't cheap (probably
around $40/gal equivalent, though you only use around 8 oz. per tankful).
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Max Heim
'66 MGB GHN3L76149
If you're near Mountain View, CA,
it's the primer red one with chrome wires
on 9/5/05 11:41 AM, Marc at smarc@smarc.net wrote:
> I needed to fuel up my 80 mgb, and due to the price, I opted to buy the
> cheaper regular gas instead of the (now very) expensive hi octane I
> normally use. The car quickly reminded me why I use hi-test: The engine
> was pinking and rattling so bad on the short trip home (~ 2 miles) that
> I was afraid it would self-destruct. Perhaps the fuel is lower grade
> than usual owing to current conditions here?
>
> I retarded the timing in several steps to try and improve the situation,
> eventually winding up at the end of the timing scale. There was some
> improvement, but it's still very bad. The other issue with low octane is
> a running-on condition.
>
> So, other then draining the tank to use in my daily driver and refilling
> with hi-test, any other suggestions? Is octane booster a viable choice,
> or bogus?
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