Thus spake pws <pwshelton@austin.rr.com> :

>Tegger wrote:
>> "Guy" <void@void.com> wrote in
>> news:ait1k5hp0t60algcqsukrksmqt636dj28r@4ax.com:
>>
>>
>>> Any opinion on gas additives? Honda.com says nothing about this so I
>>> imagine the same answer here. I guess I have a hard time accepting
>>> 87 for life <grin>. Thanks Tegger.
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Honda specifically warns against the use of additives of any kind.
>> (Honda Service News, May 2001).
>
>I used to add the Techron stuff once in a while, then I stopped doing
>that years ago. I can not tell any difference except that I now spend
>less on gas additives.
>
>Pat

I add nitrogen to my tank. Or at least Shell tells me I do.

The last additive I used to gasoline was STP. Back around 1974.
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- dillon I am not invalid

I love my country, It's my government I fear.

Hey, turnabout's fair play.

 

Thus spake Tegger <invalid@invalid.inv> :

>"Guy" <void@void.com> wrote in news:mv91k51v19kairgbt7lmqp6p1jum3ahhm7@
>4ax.com:
>
>> Just wondering ... I recall in the older cars they used to say to use
>> 87 octane but once in a while use 91 octance on occasion. Is this
>> still valid
>
>
>
>You're going back to the '70s on that, I'm sure.
>
>
>
>> or is going with a lifetime of 87 octane no different say
>> in 2003 or newer Hondas (say Toyotas too) ?
>
>
>
>A lifetme of whatever the manual specifies is just fine. Modern gasolines
>and fuel systems are far advanced fom the '70s.

It wasn't even valid when I bought my 84 Escort:

"There is no reason to use any fuel with an octane number above the
recommended value." Geez, this was FORD saying this. Back when they
finally decided that they might just experiment with fuel injection.
By using a system that had been in place in European built Fords for
several years.

>
>There's no harm in most vehicles in using an octane higher than
>recommended, so if it makes you feel better to use 91 on occasion, go
>ahead.

How big is a CR-V's tank? Around here the diff between 87 and 91 is
around 25 cents. 20 gallons? That's almost two cups of Starbucks
coffee. Or a half pound of good coffee beans.

>
>I suppose there could be a few cars on the road where the use of any octane
>higher than specified is forbidden, but that would be made VERY plain in
>the Owner's Manual.

Heh, the IS250 we test drove said that 91 was required to get the
performance numbers listed, but that it would function without
difficulties on 87.

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- dillon I am not invalid

I love my country, It's my government I fear.

Hey, turnabout's fair play.

 

Dillon Pyron <invaliddmpyron@austin.rr.com> wrote in
news:bftkk5dsrveehtmngdc4b1bcb93iae6bd8@4ax.com:


>
> I add nitrogen to my tank. Or at least Shell tells me I do.



There was a thread in rec.autos.tech on that a while back. It seems
nitogen-based detergents are part of /all/ fuel makers' additive packages.

Shell's "nitrogen enhanced" thing appears to be just marketing bumpf,
possibly tied to an increase in one of those additives. Last time I
checked, there was a complete lack of any sort of technical information on
Shell's website regarding nitrogen-based additives.



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