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Gas Smells Like Diesel

5K views 29 replies 11 participants last post by  Rides 
I'm guessing yoiu read this already.

"Gasoline needs to have an octane rating of 87-91 to fit today's car engines. Diesel fuel has an octane rating of 25-40. Mixing 2% diesel fuel into gasoline will lower the overall octane rating by 1 point. Getting 10% diesel contamination lowers octane by 5 points, which is enough to create problems in most engines."

What is teh problem with running low octane?

"This means the fuel needs to be igniting and exploding when the piston is in the right place. But as we just noted, if the gas octane rating is too low, the piston isn't going to be high enough when the explosion happens. And this can cause serious damage to the engine if it happens for a long enough time."

Since you have already run some out, fill up with the highest octanne 100% gasoline you can find, or even better drain the gas and start with the highest octane you can find.
 
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