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• Re: Octane smoctane
  Historical mailing list - Keith Hughes
  Sat, 26 May 2007 11:57:02 -0700
  ...Better qualified List member advice is requested here. > > There are quite a number of factors involved, but basically as you state, the higher octane...
• Re: Ethanol free gas
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Mon, 9 Sep 2013 10:01:09 -0500
  ...A relatively small number of vehicles require higher octane fuels, so I would be losing less business that way than if I offered some...
• Re: Gasoline Grade?
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 14 Mar 1997 14:16:58 -0500 (EST)
  ...could have lowered it's available power - but not just the octane number. Now, in an engine that can adjust timing with the aid...
• Re: Octane Rating for Waterboxers
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 23 Jul 1997 20:16:52 -0400
  ...Almost all gas stations in CA have 87, 89, and 91 octane fuels available. These octane numbers use the (R+M)/2 method. Regards...
• Re: 2.1 heads
  Historical mailing list - Rob
  Wed, 16 Sep 2009 10:49:02 -0700
  ...Any >ideas as to practical machining processes to REDUCE the compression >ratio? > >Ian Is it running premium gas? Octane is the anti-knock number...
• Re: Cheap emergency gas can for INSIDE your van (Was: Mercedes gas can for spare tire)
  Historical mailing list - Chris Smith
  Wed, 27 Feb 2002 14:35:49 -0600
  ...a slower flame front equals a higher octane rating. The amount of "UMPFH" of a particular fuel is not tied to the octane number...
• Re: Which gas??
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Fri, 3 Mar 2000 16:37:48 -0500
  ...For a non-knock-sensing engine like ours, there is only one consideration strictly concerned with octane number: If the engine does not knock...
• Re: Octane smoctane
  Historical mailing list - chrisrvanagon
  Sat, 26 May 2007 14:23:40 -0700
  ...Better qualified List member advice is requested here. > > There are quite a number of factors involved, but basically as you state, the higher octane...
• Re: Octane ratings
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 26 Apr 1995 19:29:23 +0600
  ...octane >fuel which does not cause trouble (pre-ignition mainly) in >a given engine. And, as another correspondent already pointed >out, this magic number...
• Re: Ethanol free gas
  Historical mailing list - ralph meyermann
  Mon, 9 Sep 2013 10:12:02 -0500
  ...A relatively small number of > vehicles require higher octane fuels, so I would be losing less business > that way than if I offered some...
• Gasoline and Octane numbers
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 11 Jul 1995 20:12:48 -0700
  Rachel writes for Ramona asking about gasoline octane. So I've been running a vaguely scientific experiment for the last 4000 miles in my...
• Re: Octane ratings
  Historical mailing list - Christopher Bose
  Wed, 26 Apr 95 16:07:43 PDT
  ...octane fuel which does not cause trouble (pre-ignition mainly) in a given engine. And, as another correspondent already pointed out, this magic number...
• Re: Gas in the Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 15 Jul 1999 17:02:46 -0400
  ...Do not use any fuel with octane less than 87 (US grading) or 91 (European/Research Octane Number). Doesn't mention methanol but I...
• Re: petrol consumption
  Historical mailing list - Mark Ingalls
  Tue, 5 Sep 2000 13:58:07 CDT
  ...octane ratings, the most common in the US is something like RON/MON. The Volks I believe used to just state a RON number...
• Re: Cheap emergency gas can for INSIDE your van (Was: Mercedes gas can for spare tire)
  Historical mailing list - Ben McCafferty
  Wed, 27 Feb 2002 14:10:19 -0800
  ...a slower flame front equals a higher > octane rating. > > The amount of "UMPFH" of a particular fuel is not tied to the octane number...
• Advancing timing for more power, was: Boston Bob's web site
  Historical mailing list - G. Matthew Bulley
  Thu, 2 May 2002 16:18:30 -0400
  ...The two systems usually give somewhat > different > numbers. Most car makers (including VW) specified > research octane, > often > listed as R.O.N. (Research Octane...
• Re: Fw: Spillage when filling the gas
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Wed, 13 Jun 2001 22:38:27 -0400
  ...But if it's not pinging (and doesn't have a knock sensor retarding the spark), any extra octane number is wasted. Fuel-injected...
• Re: Mid-grade fuel, was: RE octane rating
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Tue, 13 Jul 1999 22:29:05 -0500
  ...number of gallons that would be pulled off before testing to ensure no contamination between grades. Pumping would continue, then the next octane would...
• Re: Gas question, seriously folks
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Sun, 15 Dec 2013 07:48:13 -0800
  The wbx motors are low octane happy, true, but I'd guess there are a significant number of us who have ditched the stock...
• RE: regular vs. super
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 19 Sep 1994 10:48:43 PDT
  ...octane. But it then goes on to explain that 91 RON is equivalent to 87 AKI, and that it is the AKI number that...
• Re: super vs. regular?
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 19 Sep 1994 07:52:39 -0400
  ...91 Octane in the manual for > my '91. > > I use Chevron Super. Ruby runs better and cleaner. > > > run the super in your rig. > > > 10...
• Re: California Gas Prices... Sounding off.
  Historical mailing list - Max/Joyce Wellhouse
  Thu, 26 Aug 1999 13:07:17 -0700
  ...whole >number (pumps weren't designed to set prices above $1.00, so they used a >smaller unit). Right now Premium (93 octane) gasoline...
• Re: Degrading Comments
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 6 Jun 2003 21:18:05 -0400
  ...This why lower octane fuels such as 83 or 85 are used in high altitude areas. Dennis -----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto...
• Re: gasoline was STP Gas Treatment
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Fri, 11 Mar 2011 09:48:50 -0600
  ...in WA. > > Thanks, First, the 91 octane recommended in the book is Research Octane Rating. The number posted on the pump in the U...
• Octane smoctane
  Historical mailing list - jdd
  Sat, 26 May 2007 00:12:21 -0400
  ...87 octane gas ... so ... I traveled 743 kms on 86.556 liters of 91 oct ... and ... 770 kms on 92.827 liters of 87...
• Re: Fuel Octane, Additives
  Historical mailing list - Aerowolf
  Mon, 12 Jul 2004 18:32:07 -0500
  ...octane rating ranging from 91 to 95 RON (Research Octane Number) or 87 to 91 AKI. (bold)Do not use any fuel with octane...
• Re: Octane smoctane
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Fri, 25 May 2007 21:30:08 -0700
  To make any sense of these numbers you now have to factor in the price difference. Are you getting one extra mile for 80...
• Re: e15
  Historical mailing list - Rob
  Fri, 28 Dec 2012 17:25:21 -0700
  Mythbusters is entertainment, knocking & pinging have to do with the octane rating of the gas used & is measured number. Minnesota was the first state...
• Re: Diesel Subaru Conversions
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 10 Mar 2006 21:44:44 -0500
  Your Vanagon does not need 91 pump octane fuels. That sticker is for another, older rating system. 87 ROZ/RON is fine unless something...
• Re: Octane smoctane
  Historical mailing list - David Etter
  Sat, 26 May 2007 08:52:27 -0600
  Higher Octane gas has flame front retarders in it, so it burns slower. No flash-over or at least less so than regular gas...
• Re: Diesel Subaru Conversions
  Historical mailing list - Christopher Gronski
  Fri, 10 Mar 2006 14:41:52 -0500
  ...Diesel currently costs about %10 more than > 87 Octane and is likely to stay that way. For $2.50/gallon 87 octane let's...
• Re: Diesel Subaru Conversions
  Historical mailing list - Pensioner
  Fri, 10 Mar 2006 07:32:48 -0800
  ...Diesel currently costs about %10 more than 87 Octane and is likely to stay that way. For $2.50/gallon 87 octane let's...
• Re: Diesel Subaru Conversions
  Historical mailing list - Anthony Egeln
  Sat, 11 Mar 2006 16:04:57 -0800
  ...Diesel currently costs about %10 more than > 87 Octane and is likely to stay that way. For $2.50/gallon 87 octane let's...
• Re: I-4 conversion timing problem
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Sun, 6 May 2001 23:33:36 -0700
  ...It is UP TO these numbers - it will not go past these numbers. This is why you can advance the timing at idle with...
• Re: Octane smoctane
  Historical mailing list - Anthony Egeln
  Sat, 26 May 2007 03:58:17 -0700
  ...87 octane gas ... so ... I traveled 743 kms on 86.556 liters of 91 oct ... and ... 770 kms on 92.827 liters of 87...
• actual numerical readings off Compression test?
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Sat, 18 Sep 2010 16:50:01 -0700
  ...the spark back always, I will probably need more octane. If I know the number I can decide without really guessing too much. Don...
• regular vs. premium: a new war errupts!! :)
  Historical mailing list - J. Walker
  Sat, 17 Sep 94 21:02:16 CDT
  ...i get from these numbers is that (1) my bus and driving style don't seem to care what octane the fuel is; the...
• Re: OT: Fuel Grades, detonation and motor toast
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 12 Sep 2006 18:13:39 +0000
  ...They number right behind tranny shops and most of them will not touch VW's. Most Ford van engines are de-tuned and run...
• '78 Owner's Manual ready to go!
  Historical mailing list - Sean Bartnik
  Thu, 20 Mar 97 20:47:57 EST
  ...Be aware that the US uses the CLC rating method for octane numbers. OK, the address for viewing the individual pages is: http://www...
• Re: Another Burning Van!
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Thu, 4 Jun 2009 13:47:26 -0500
  ...This may now have changed - I've been away from it for a number of years- but 80/87 octane fuel was/is red...
• Re: Gas - Cheap vs Expensive
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 15 May 2015 15:49:59 -0400
  ...These deposits when thick enough can cause a number of operational problems especially during cold operation as the fuel can be absorbed instead of...
• Re: baja gas, octane, and timing
  Historical mailing list - Davidson
  Sat, 4 Mar 2000 12:01:39 -0800
  ...This is due to the vast number go gringos who travel the main roads. However, whether they are sold out of unleaded or not...
• Re: Diesel Subaru Conversions
  Historical mailing list - Mark Tuovinen
  Fri, 10 Mar 2006 11:30:06 -0900
  ...Diesel currently costs about > %10 more than > > 87 Octane and is likely to stay that way. For $2.50/gallon 87 > octane let's...
• Re: NVC: Gas Prices plus vanagons in Greece
  Historical mailing list - don spence
  Tue, 5 Jun 2007 09:25:45 -0600
  I just got back from Greece were 95 octane (regular?) was selling for between 1.04 and 1.15 Euro per litre. At the...
• mileage
  Historical mailing list - Art McGinn
  Sat, 06 Jul 1996 22:26:39 -0700
  ...modest numbers. I have not had it on the freeway enough to get any highway figures. I've been using 87 octane gas. How...
• Re: Diesel Subaru Conversions
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Fri, 10 Mar 2006 11:38:42 -0600
  ...Diesel currently costs about %10 more than >87 Octane and is likely to stay that way. For $2.50/gallon 87 octane let's...
• Re: 85 octane in Colorado and 'windage trays'
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Mon, 15 Jul 2002 20:00:09 -0500
  ...came only in Porsche so they are available in very limited numbers. They aren't complicated looking and the installation is very simple (other...
• Re: Day 4 (west to east)
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey R
  Thu, 11 Jul 2002 03:43:35 EDT
  ...in the air a lower octane is necessary--or there is sme such factor that changes the numbers. Also the gasoline is mixed differently...
• Re: Gas question, seriously folks
  Historical mailing list - Marc Perdue
  Sun, 15 Dec 2013 12:16:04 -0500
  ...Which Should I Use in My VW Van? > Gasoline is rated by its octane level. The higher the octane, the more > stable the fuel...
• Re: 3.3 verses 4.3 verses 1.9???
  Historical mailing list - Al Knoll
  Sat, 31 Jul 2004 18:34:06 -0700
  ...Now 87 Octane is ~0.75/liter $CDN. Back from the wilds of downtown cowtown now (Calgary, AB)
• Re: While we are onthe topic....
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Fri, 25 Feb 2000 14:44:56 -0600
  ...there were a goodly number of barrels of perfectly usable slop fuel, but it wasn't the specific octane that was sold at the...
• Re: Diesel Subaru Conversions
  Historical mailing list - River Clan
  Fri, 10 Mar 2006 09:31:59 -0800
  ...Diesel currently costs about %10 > more than > 87 Octane and is likely to stay that way. For $2.50/gallon 87 > octane let's...
• Re: baja gas, octane, and timing
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Mon, 6 Mar 2000 12:42:02 -0800
  ...The old low octane leaded NOVA is gone. There are 2 grades of unleaded but the premium stuff is available mostly near the border...
• Vanagon Acceleration Times
  Historical mailing list - Frank Grunthaner
  Mon, 7 Oct 2002 00:50:02 EDT
  ...The numbers include 300 pounds of passenger and driver, 26.3 gallons of fuel (just filled up), portapotty and regular camping hardware ready to...
• 2.5L 120HP waterboxer.....that runs on 91 octane......90mm stroke by 94mm bore....and pases smog...hmmm?
  Historical mailing list - Smola, Tony
  Fri, 15 Mar 2002 22:58:59 -0600
  ...jumped from 7.3:1 to 10:1?....what sort of octane do the euros have for premium? 98? Here is the BIG question...
• Re: Vanagon Acceleration Times
  Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
  Sun, 6 Oct 2002 22:22:31 -0700
  ...The numbers include 300 pounds of passenger and > driver, 26.3 gallons of fuel (just filled up), portapotty and regular camping > hardware ready to...
• Re: 85 octane in Colorado and 'windage trays'
  Historical mailing list - Matthew Pollard
  Mon, 15 Jul 2002 18:01:41 -0700
  ...came only in > Porsche so they are available in very limited numbers. > They aren't complicated looking and the installation is very simple > (other...
• Re: Gas - Cheap vs Expensive
  Historical mailing list - Rolf Lockwood
  Fri, 15 May 2015 17:39:50 -0400
  ...These deposits when thick enough can cause a number of operational problems especially during cold operation as the fuel can be absorbed instead of...
• Re: mileage
  Historical mailing list - Richard Gelbart
  Sun, 07 Jul 1996 05:18:41 -0700
  ...modest numbers. I have not had it > on the freeway enough to get any highway figures. I've been using 87 > octane gas. How...
• Re: Diesel Subaru Conversions
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 10 Mar 2006 21:49:18 -0500
  ...Diesel currently costs about %10 more than >87 Octane and is likely to stay that way. For $2.50/gallon 87 octane let's...