Gasoline

[Bill <Y1TopBanana73@xxxxxxxxx>]

I had some interesting information come to light when I bought our
Gravely mower a couple of weeks ago (which I'm not sure about it's
truthfulness) but it certainly could pertain to our beloved Mopars.

The guy told me that I needed to run at least 89 octane because the 87
would cause "scaling" in the carb over time (as little as 1 season)
and cause problems. When I asked him if he meant some kind of deposit
or mineral type residue he said yes. Supposedly the 89 octane won't do
this. Has anyone heard of something like this? I had always heard that
you run 87 octane unless your engine was setup to take advantage of
the the extra octane (ie extra timing, etc.) and have never heard of
scaling w/ lower octane fuels. Thoughts????

Thanks

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Bill M
65 Coronet 500 'vert http://1962to1965mopar.ornocar.com/mmo62008.html
73 Dart Sport, 00 Cherokee Sport, 01 Dakota SLT
21 Model T Depot Hack, 92 Accord, 06 Mazda 3


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