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Octane
In a message dated 3/29/99 9:57:42 AM Pacific Standard Time, owner-st-
digest@xxxxxxxxxx writes:
> For riders in the United States: What type of octane rating are you
> using? The owner's manual implied I would need to use Super Unleaded, but
> I wasn't familiar with the unit of measurment that was used for the
> suggested octane rating.
In most of the USA we have 3 grades. 91 to 92 octane normally the highest and
87 typically the lowest. Engines with center located sparkers and 4 valve
heads are very insensitive to octane requirements. Being in the refining
business I'd say any rating puchased in the civilized world would probably not
cause a ping problem. But if you wanted to be cautious or throw away money go
with the upper 2 grades.
Ken T. from Ca.
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