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Originally Posted by SPOHN This is your best bet. All your going to get is a little better throttle response. I'd leave it alone personally. I am not sure where

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Old 04-18-2012, 04:44 PM   #16 (permalink)
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This is your best bet. All your going to get is a little better throttle response. I'd leave it alone personally.
I am not sure where to purchase Toulene. Any idea?
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I am not sure where to purchase Toulene. Any idea?
paint store. sherwin willams

btw, do at your own risk. it works though.
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paint store. sherwin willams

btw, do at your own risk. it works though.
You shouldn't do this, but you should definately try it.
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I am not sure where to purchase Toulene. Any idea?
Forget it,use Shell V-Power,i still think it is still the best petrol around[I mean in S'pore].
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use toulene if you're serious.
5 gallons of toulene/2.5oz 2 stroke oil/fill up the rest of the tank with 93 octane =100 octane fuel.

It works great!!!!

Also you should know that Toulene is in everybody gasoline right now,it is a by product of gas when they manufacture it.
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I work for a rental car company , and I am a mechanic , we have several cars that takes premium fuel , bmw,infinity and I don't think rental car companies use premium fuel , and the cars run just fine, no problems from running regular fuel. the ecm compensates for the fuel.
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The ECM will change spark advance to compensate for different octane gas. Never heard that the Knock sensor will fail if you use different octane gas. I'll have to research that one, Thanks!
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The ECM will change spark advance to compensate for different octane gas. Never heard that the Knock sensor will fail if you use different octane gas. I'll have to research that one, Thanks!
If the sensor fails and it cannot detect knock...bad things can happen sure.

Not sure about the specific car, but knock sensors often are simple electric/acoustic devices. The sensor detects noise and the system filters out knock regulal engine noise levels. Knock is typically a huge spike in that noise floor and easy to see from an algorithm perspective. They don't touch fuel and they are not effected by what fuel you use.

All of this is moot if you simply use appropriate octane fuel and not 'rely' on the safety systems of the car because you are too cheap to use the right fuel.

Rental cars do have that problem: a few times I have rented a car with premium fuel and I would bet 9/10 renters don't top off with premium. I did top off with premium just because its the right thing to do. The extra $1 didn't hurt me.

Since rental cars are new, you would hope things all work and the car has retarded timing and lower power levels due to this. Is it good for the car? I would say no. Do you care? Only if you are the poor sap who buys that car once the rental car company is done with it. I always wonder if people who buy them are fully aware of their use history.

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You have to remember that the dealership put regular gas in your car when you bought it. I doubt that regular gas will mess up the car. Now if you have a turbo charger or supercharger, then that is a different story & you better go premium. Getting the middle grade is a joke & a waste of money. The reason is that you really have no idea if it is 1% better than regular, or a couple % lower that premium. Everytime you change your oil drop in an octane booster when you fill up your car.
Then your dealer is full of morons. The its not recommended to run Premium in these cara its a must. And I'm pretty sure it says in owners manual if u need to run reg get it out ASAP. Why this thread even exist boggles my mind. Don't people do research before buying a car?
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Then your dealer is full of morons. The its not recommended to run Premium in these cara its a must. And I'm pretty sure it says in owners manual if u need to run reg get it out ASAP. Why this thread even exist boggles my mind. Don't people do research before buying a car?


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use toulene if you're serious.
Is this obtainable outside of California? About a dozen years ago this was taken off the shelves.

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Omg guys! Let's start a thread about what else our car can run on besides the fuel that it was intended to take! Of course, unicorn blood is the first thing that comes to mind, but what about panther piss, women's breast milk (with an octane booster, of course), and ocean water? Would that work too??


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Omg guys! Let's start a thread about what else our car can run on besides the fuel that it was intended to take!

You don't know what you are talking about Toulene is in gasoline now.
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You don't know what you are talking about Toulene is in gasoline now.
hey baer- i think he waz talking about adding water...
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