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During the 60,s I was stationed in the Air Force, stationed in Spain. The gasoline off base was 84 octane. If you had an American car over there it would knock and ping all the time. We would go to the Base Exchange and buy mothballs for our American cars. Adding 3 mothballs to a tank full of gasoline would raise the octane enough so theAmerican cars ran good with no knocking or pinging. Did this for 3 years and never had any engine trouble.
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Can you make octane fuel with rubbing alcohol?
No. Isopropopal alcohol will dry any water out of the fuel system by scattering the h2o molecules, but it will not increase the octane rating, or power of the engine. Too much will lower the combustability
What happens when you combine mothballs?
You increase the dose.
How do you measure octane in fuel?
with an octane mesurer
Would mothballs have an immediate effect on your fuel system and would it smell like mothballs when the engine is running...how can you tell if your tank has been spiked?
In a recent Mythbusters, it was determined to be "plausible" that mothballs can actually increase your car's mileage. If mothballs were placed in your gas tank, I suspect you would smell the scent mothballs as they dissolved and then burned. It doesn't sound like mothballs would "spike" your tank. How can you tell if your tank has been spiked? If you cannot tell, it probably doesn't matter.
What is the octane number of LPG?
The octane value of LPG is usually regarded to be 100 to 105 RON. However in some cities it can be as low as 96 which is the same as super grade leaded petrol. No additives are added to LPG to increase the octane level. It naturally is a high octane fuel.
What type of gas should be used for a 2001 Honda Civic coupe?
87 Octane Regular Unleaded. The use of any higher octane fuel is a waste of money, and will provide no benefit whatsoever. You will get no better mileage, and no increase in power. Only engines designed to run on high octane fuel require that fuel. Anyone who tells you different is buying into the myth.
What octane fuel do I use in a Chevrolet suburban?
87 octane
What is fuel octane on dodge ram 1500?
87 octane
What are octane ratings?
Octane rating is the rating given to combustable fuels that shows that fuels resistance to detonation. detonation is also known as knocks. knocks are VERY bad for an engine and efficiencies aswell, because it is simply the fuel going off before it is supposed to (premature combustion). the higher the octane rating (the pump's octane is an average of two different methods of obtaining the octane number) the more resistant the fuel will be to knocking. higher octane fuels WILL NOT increase your fuel economy, if you have observed that such is not the case, then there is another factor that needs to be considered when comparing the high and low octane fuels in your driving regemine.
Will HHO generator increase the octane of fuel?
Yes and No. Hydrogen only has a octane rating of 50, but the properties of Hydrogen let one run higher compression on your engine which in turn will give more power.
How do you separate a high grade racing fuel from normal fuel?
it is based on Octane levels, you have your standard 89,91,93 octane regular gas, and racing fuel is closer to 117 octane hope that helps
What Octane fuel do you put in a Audi A4 1.8T?
91 octane
