All Vanagon's and EV's are supposed to use regular gas with octane #87 (in
Denver, it's 85).  Theoretically It is a waste of money to use higher than
the necessary octane on cars designed to use regular gas.  But some people
will insist by using the higher octane gas the gas mileage is better.  I
myself used medium grade (octane # 87) gas in Denver and I had the best gas
mileage I've ever got on my Syncro: 23.3mpg.  Use non-RFG (Non-Reformulated
Gas) you are guaranteed to get much better gas mileage.

Yi-Ruey Wei
87 Vanagon GL Syncro  w/leaking cylinder head
85 Jetta GLI  w/160,000 miles
Dallas, TX  (The 2nd day w/temperature under 100 within a month)

David Hicks <D1ARCHER@AOL.COM> on 08/05/98 01:14:01 AM

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Subject:  regular or premium

Okay, this is probably in the archives, it's probably in my manual, but my
manual says regular gas is okay, but use a minimum 92 octane, which is the
prmium around here. I know there are various, (or at lest two) rating
systems
for octane, so what do others put in there vans.
Mines's a 91
TIA
David

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