

| Subject: | Re: Mid-grade fuel, was: RE octane rating |
| From: | Karl F. Bloss |
| Date: | Wed, 14 Jul 1999 00:26:23 -0400 |
> This is FYI hearsay, something I read on this list (I think). [snip] > Mid grade is the swill that comes out of the pipe when they switch from > regular to high octane or vice versa, and the gas is mixed. For marketing > reasons, they can't throw it away, so they sell it a "mid grade". The > octane varies widely. Sorry, I don't buy it. FWIW, Sunoco appears to mix their stuff on the fly. They have regular, mid-grade, and premium all coming from one pump with one nozzle. Ulta 94 is a separate pump. Oh well, Bev runs best on 87 regular grade anyway. -Karl Karl and Kristina Bloss, Trexlertown, PA '87 GL Weekender "Beverley" Mechanic list: http://www.enter.net/~bloss/vw/vwshops Busses by the Trail - Oct 15-17, 1999: http://www.enter.net/~bloss/vw/bbtt PA/NJ Vanagon owner's mailing list: http://www.onelist.com/subscribe/pavanagon
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