[Healeys] gas additives

Alan Seigrist healey.nut at gmail.com
Tue Apr 15 19:57:13 MDT 2008


Yes too bad for you in the US, we have 98 octane here in HK, that's all they
sell.  The old girl runs great on it!  91 octane... must be all that commie
gas you buy from Chavez!  ;)



On Wed, Apr 16, 2008 at 8:48 AM, Quinn, Patrick <
Patrick.Quinn at det.nsw.edu.au> wrote:

> G'day
>
> The only gas that goes into my Austin-Healey is in the tyres. The
> thought of running my Austin-Healey on 91 octane petrol gives me the
> willies.
>
> Here in the antipodes we have a choice of 91, 95 and 98 octane. Even
> with 98 octane the engine still pings so I always add a combined octane
> booster and lubricant.
>
> The worry is that various state governments are legislating the 91
> octane fuel must have at least 10% ethanol.
>
> Hoo Roo
>
> Patrick Quinn
> Sydney, Australia
>
> (Where every young lady looks like Fifi)


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