Just Brits wrote:
>Not knowing where "here" is, Marc...
>
>
Here is sunny Baltimore, Maryland!
><<Perhaps the fuel is lower grade
>than usual owing to current conditions here?>>
>
>I would be more suspect of water in the fuel.
>
>Did station just get a HUGE "dump" of regular????
>
>
This I have no way of knowing. How could I determine if there is water
in the fuel? Isn't that what 'dry gas' is intended to cure?
>BTW, even in my more that "mild" "new" 305 El Camino, I only have to use MID
>grade?!?!?!?
>
>In all my LBC years, never heard of a LBC that REQUIRED Hi-Test in a street
>machine?!?!?!?
>
>
Actually, the reason for switching to higher octane was to cure a
running-on problem, which was 100% effective. Someone with far more
knowledge then I suggested it. I had no reason to question success!
It's my understanding that substantial 'pinking' like this can cause
material damage to pistons, etc.
--
Marc
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