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kidkotic2001 10-03-2015 02:50 PM

Messed up with gas
 
So I accidentally added 4 gallons of 85 octane then notice and stopped finishes with 91 octane. Is that okay any damage to car? Should I drain has or anything

Trips 10-03-2015 02:54 PM

You'll be fine.

Just drive normal until your at half a tank and refill with 91.

jwick 10-03-2015 03:17 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Trips (Post 3321923)
You'll be fine.

Just drive normal until your at half a tank and refill with 91.


^^^this^^^

And by normal Trips means no WOT and keep the rpms low.

GZ3 10-03-2015 03:37 PM

85 octane gas or e85?

kidkotic2001 10-03-2015 04:23 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by GZ3 (Post 3321942)
85 octane gas or e85?

No just normal octane

JC-Nismo 10-03-2015 04:28 PM

Add some octane booster and forget about it.

sx moneypit 10-03-2015 04:58 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JC-Nismo (Post 3321964)
Add some octane booster and forget about it.

:iagree:

Chuck33079 10-03-2015 05:31 PM

Octane booster doesn't help much. It will only raise the octane a few points. Either drive carefully for half a tank and top off with premium, or throw some Toluene in. That'll raise the octane. Just don't get any on your paint.

Greed 10-03-2015 06:39 PM

You WILL notice a big performance dropoff. All you can do is ride it out until next refill. Low octane won't hurt the car but the engine will let you know you're not going anywhere fast.

kenchan 10-03-2015 07:52 PM

Octane booster will only boost like 0.2 octane for the entire tank, no?

Pour in toulene like you mean it if you want.

POS VETT 10-03-2015 10:07 PM

Actually, put in some E85 which will effectively raise the octane rating; 2-4 gallons would do nicely.

Jsolo 10-03-2015 11:01 PM

Is El Paso TX a high elevation area? I'm surprised they're selling 85 octane if it's near sea level.

jwick 10-03-2015 11:45 PM

I've actually never heard of 85 octane

chuckie311 10-04-2015 12:23 AM

you will have 0 issues and not noticed a big difference i have put in 87 octane before on accident and didn't see any difference in performance and drove the car like i always do

14BlackCherry 10-04-2015 01:00 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jwick (Post 3322055)
I've actually never heard of 85 octane

Haha come to Colorado, that's all we use for the cheap stuff. 87, 91, 100 and E-85 are available. Wish we got 93 octane.


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