- 1. [TR] Non LBC.....Octane Impact (score: 1)
- Author: "Bob Danielson" <75TR6@tr6.danielsonfamily.org>
- Date: Mon, 24 Apr 2006 13:12:55 -0400
- Sorry for the non LBC content but I figure this list will have the answer to my question. I've got a 2004 VW Passat 1.8T that "requires per VW" premium gas. Last year when Katrina pushed gas over $3.
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- 2. Re: [TR] Non LBC.....Octane Impact (score: 1)
- Author: "Joe Curry" <spitlist@cox.net>
- Date: Mon, 24 Apr 2006 10:38:26 -0700
- Detonation is the bain of high performance engines. Depending on how the VW ECU handles the results from the knowck sensor, it may or may not be a problem. My question is, "Can you hear any pinging
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- 3. RE: [TR] Non LBC.....Octane Impact (score: 1)
- Author: "Bob Danielson" <75TR6@tr6.danielsonfamily.org>
- Date: Mon, 24 Apr 2006 13:41:20 -0400
- Thanks Joe.... No knocking or pinging that I can hear. Bob, Detonation is the bain of high performance engines. Depending on how the VW ECU handles the results from the knowck sensor, it may or may n
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- 4. RE: [TR] Non LBC.....Octane Impact (score: 1)
- Author: "Mr RICK ORTHEN" <peketzu@verizon.net>
- Date: Mon, 24 Apr 2006 17:52:04 -0400
- To add to Joe's reply that ECU/ignition mapping tolerates an assortment of fuel octanes . . . in a majority of the cases, a manufacturers' premium "mandate" is actually a "recommendation' to realize
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- 5. Re: [TR] Non LBC.....Octane Impact (score: 1)
- Author: "T. S. White" <tswrace@pacbell.net>
- Date: Tue, 25 Apr 2006 06:27:52 -0700
- Your car will feel less important and loose self esteme. -- Best Regards, Tom == This list supported in part by The Vintage Triumph Register == http://www.vtr.org
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- 6. Re: [TR] Non LBC.....Octane Impact (score: 1)
- Author: ScharfR@aol.com
- Date: Tue, 25 Apr 2006 19:49:38 EDT
- Bob et al: I am on my third Audi A4 with the same 1.8 T engine that you have in your Passat. I have always run each of them on the lowest cost (and thus, lowest octane) gasoline available. There are
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