Premium Gas???
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Premium Gas???
hey guys,
so santa is supposed to be bringing me a programmer for my truck this year for christmas. im getting the diablsport predator, and was just wondering if it was gonna be alright to run a higher grade gas in my truck rather than 87. i know some truck and vehicles you can mess up the engine/computer with running gas other than what is recommended. just curious, thanks for the help
CountryBoy13
so santa is supposed to be bringing me a programmer for my truck this year for christmas. im getting the diablsport predator, and was just wondering if it was gonna be alright to run a higher grade gas in my truck rather than 87. i know some truck and vehicles you can mess up the engine/computer with running gas other than what is recommended. just curious, thanks for the help
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hey, i work in the gas and oil business, a higher grade gas that is commercialy sold at the pump(regular or super) wich is usualy 87 and 92 and the really good stuff is 94, this well never hurt ur engine, its the opposite, super runs cleaner than reg, but u can run ur engine on reg its hole life and never see the difference, unless that is u run a programmer, reg can cause detonation wich is heard as pinging, this is dangerous,and bad for the engine, the gas is detonating before the engine is ready for the explosion, now another advantage is have u ever seen the newer vehicles gas cap some say e10 e20 and e85/gasoline the e is ethanol, gas companies have started using this stuff in reg gas(not the super) in engines that arent tunned for this stuff its well get alotless mileage per gallon, and ethanol burns 30% leaner, thats why the dont put it in super,it well kill small engines, usually 2 stroke engines, now ethanol is not always in the gas only when the market gets flooded and the price goes down lower than the gas itself this is why sometimes we fell like we got worse gas mileage on a specific tank of gas, hope i clarified a little for u,
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Ask the tuner manufacturer if the 87 octane tune is for 87 octane with or without ethanol. Stp brought that point out. You need to know before you buy, especially if you plan on running a canned tune.
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Joined: Jul 2010
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From: Hendersonville, NC
hey, i work in the gas and oil business, a higher grade gas that is commercialy sold at the pump(regular or super) wich is usualy 87 and 92 and the really good stuff is 94, this well never hurt ur engine, its the opposite, super runs cleaner than reg, but u can run ur engine on reg its hole life and never see the difference, unless that is u run a programmer, reg can cause detonation wich is heard as pinging, this is dangerous,and bad for the engine, the gas is detonating before the engine is ready for the explosion, now another advantage is have u ever seen the newer vehicles gas cap some say e10 e20 and e85/gasoline the e is ethanol, gas companies have started using this stuff in reg gas(not the super) in engines that arent tunned for this stuff its well get alotless mileage per gallon, and ethanol burns 30% leaner, thats why the dont put it in super,it well kill small engines, usually 2 stroke engines, now ethanol is not always in the gas only when the market gets flooded and the price goes down lower than the gas itself this is why sometimes we fell like we got worse gas mileage on a specific tank of gas, hope i clarified a little for u,