A friend filled my car up for me and he put in 87 octane. I think it's supposed to be 91+? Do I have to wait until it hits empty to fill up with the right octane? Is mixing different octanes okay?

 

Slap him in the head... 7 times. but seriously, it should be ok for just a tankfull... when I had some warranty work done over the summer the stealership ran a tank of 87 through it (i found the gas receipt) and I didn't have any trouble with it for just the one tank. Mixing octanes is ok.

 

You'll be fine. Your car won't implode or anything.

 

my car was driven on 87 for 110K miles....

 

you could run you car on 87 forever without any problems, 91 is just preferable

 

haha i almost put deisel in my former mustang

 

...if your car falls below 50 mph.....kaboom!

im just kidding. You'll be alright.

 

at sunoco, i told the guy; "fill her up with super please", and he filled it up with "regular".. Boy, i got soo ****ed off, i started complaining. So the guy let me go without having to pay $25

 

If you really insist, drive until you can pour about a gallon or two of toluene to up the octane and drive over a bumby road to mix well.

 

Ur car will be fine, i work at a gas station and i have customers get 87 octane all the time in their maximas... not sayin i recomend it for use all the time but u will be fine.

 

a quick dumb question, but since you work at a gas station, do you get free/discounted gas?

just curious.

 

Lol, i wish man... i have to pay full price, would be awsome if i did tho!

 

Why do you need 91 octane (premium right) instead of 87 (regular im guessing) i dont have my liscense, but we take the car out of storage in april, so i will need to know, is it REALLY that important to use premium, and why so? cuz for now im running regular when i take it out and drive it to keep it runnin.

 

please read the faq's. please. pretty please. it's in there, i promise.

it is recomended to use that in order to achieve optimal performance from your car. yadda yadda yadda...

 

i'll b fine

 

Nothing is going to happen. Don't worry, just make sure it doesn't happen all the time

 

Thank you for the reassurance. With no other choice, I'll just run through this tank and then fill it up myself next time. I do notice the shifting is a little off (I have an auto) but it might just be psychological.

 

dump some octane booter in that *****

 

Sell the car.

 

He'll be lucky to sell it because "they" know


Dave

 

 

LOLLOLOLOLOLOLOL

 

Put some octane booster in your tank. That should help out.