Re: Gasoline-pinging

From: Richard A Pyburn (rap777@juno.com)
Date: Fri Jun 09 2000 - 18:31:46 EDT


I used only 87 in my 5.2L until I got the MP SBEC and since then have
only used Chevron 93. The engine never
Richard in San Antonio
has pinged on either grade of fuel.

On Fri, 09 Jun 2000 16:29:24 -0400 Doug Fedeli <rdf@eznet.net> writes:
> What grade of gas is everyone running? I've run 89 in my truck and
> the
> company car I have. I'll give the truck an occasional shot of 92
> for
> the injector cleaners in it. I tried running 87 in it a couple of
> times
> and it pings like crazy on level roads and light acceleration. The
> other
> thing is what kind of gas do you use? I've stuck pretty much to
> Mobil.
> I'll use others when I have to but I will never use Hess in any
> vehicle
> I drive. I have used the 89 octane for 1 tank in every vehicle I've
> owned and they have pinged until I put at least a half tank of the
> same
> grade of another gas in it. I realize different parts of the country
> have different formulas of gas for different seasons so it will be
> hard
> to do any comparisons. Just color me curious.
>
> Doug Fedeli
>
> 92 V6 5 speed CC in upstate NY
>

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