Well that doesn't make any sense. All the torn-down engines i've seen
(running 92oct. Chevron or 114oct. Sports Fuel) and rebuilt in the past had
nice clean combustion chambers. The ones that had a lot of carbon deposits
were the ones that ran regular unleaded or lower-grade gasoline.
Explain that.
- Bernd
At 10:35 AM 01/13/2000 -0500, you wrote:
>>I guess we have a Chemistry major here. Wrong! Sorry! With that logic, the
>>87 Octane would leave more deposit than 89, and 89 Octane would leave more
>>deposits than 93.
>
>Nope, you have a former ICE combustion specialist here. With higher
>octane gas in engines which dont require it, you get buildups of the stuff
>that your engine cant burn (higher octane is harder to burn). These
>deposits can potentially heat up and cause detonation. Really, dont run
>high octane if you dont have to.
>
>
>--
>Dave
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