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Re: Oxygenated gas

#446
From: Dana Merrill
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 15:40
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In article <61969@aurs01.UUCP>, klassa@aurs01.UUCP (John M. Klassa) wrote:
> 
> In article <1993Jan19.193352.15618@ncsu.edu> larettin@eos.ncsu.edu writes:
> 

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> For what it's worth, I've been using Texaco gas fairly regularly...
> 
> Should I take, from a previous post, that Exxon might be a better choice
> for gas, since it uses the better of the two approaches to oxygenation?
> Does anybody know what Texaco does?

I don't know about MTBE but you can sure smell the Ethanol!!

I hadn't paid much attention until reading this thread, but when I filled
up my Honda last night, I checked and had gotten a whopping 20 mpg. 
Trouble is, I'm not sure what I was getting before but I feel sure it was a
lot more that that!  I'll try Exxon next time.

> 
> Oh, yeah -- a the same previous post mentioned that fuel injected
> engines shouldn't be hit as hard as carburated engines...  My Colt is
> definitely fuel-injected -- I'd hate to see what happens to a carburated
> Colt!  :-)
> 
> Take care, everybody...
> John
> 
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>  o     John Klassa --- Alcatel Network Systems, Inc. --- 919-850-1246    o
>  o           Raleigh, North Carolina (United States of America)          o
>  o      Email: klassa%aurfs1.aur.alcatel.com@rockdal.aud.alcatel.com     o
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Dana Merrill                                Bell Northern Research
DMerrill@BNR.CA                         Research Triangle Park, NC
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