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<p>...which begs the question of how many owners run their engines
with too much ignition advance. Do you know and when was the last
time the distributor was lubed? Asking for a friend... Note: Most
Lucas distributors start advancing at 750 RPM, so if the initial
is not set there or is above your total may exceed the allowable
... dp<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 5/11/2021 1:00 PM, BJ8Healeys wrote:<br>
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<div>Nathan, I'm a little bit late with my response, so I'll just
direct it to you.</div>
<div><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;
font-size: 13.5pt;">My two cents' worth:</span></div>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal"><span
style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;
font-size: 13.5pt;">When I and my traveling companions were
returning from Conclave 2008 in San Diego and we got to
Missouri, we discovered
that the highest octane available there was 91. After filling
up with
that, both BJ8s missed and knocked and chugged until we got
into Tennessee and
refilled with 93 octane.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal"><span
style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;
font-size: 13.5pt;">Recently, a BJ8 owner called me to say he
was in
the area (300 miles from home) and his engine had begun to
"click"
under acceleration. He thought it was a timing problem and
wanted me to
check that. He mentioned that he had fueled up with
non-ethanol.
Around here, some stations advertise "non-ethanol" but they
neglect
to say the octane was dropped from 93 (with ethanol) to 91
(without). I
suggested that he forget about non-ethanol and go with 93.
After that, during
his return home, he had no more "clicking" problems.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal"><span
style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;
font-size: 13.5pt;">Ethanol-laced gas has its own issues (as
you might remember from my Black Hills narrative, I had some
aggravating stumbling and missing as I left home, due to the
bad ethanol that had been in the tank too long), especially
if the car isn't used much; but as long as I stick with 93
octane, at least the
engine runs as it should.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal"><span
style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;
font-size: 13.5pt;">Cheers!<br>
Steve</span></p>
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From: "N.S. Bennett"<br>
To: <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:healeys@autox.team.net">healeys@autox.team.net</a><br>
Cc:<br>
Sent: Sunday May 9 2021 2:39:24PM<br>
Subject: Re: [Healeys] Vapor lock gas<br>
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<div>Thanks for the link to the MV article on ethanol and vapor
lock. It was a good read.
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<div>Although I'm certain this has been debated (many times)
before, what's the general consensus on octane rating when
refueling our cars?</div>
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<div>I've always used the highest.i can get. But reading that
article has once again made me question my practice.</div>
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<div>Interested in the list's thoughts...</div>
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<div>Cheers!</div>
<div>Nathan</div>
<div>'66 BJ8</div>
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