i went 87!
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yep, no need for anything higher then 87 on a 3.0 v6 with stock compression. These motors run a fairly low compression ( 9:1?) so no need for the extra octane. In fact you should use the lowest octane you can without pinging because the higher octane fuels take longer to burn.
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Originally Posted by justanother4x4
yep, no need for anything higher then 87 on a 3.0 v6 with stock compression. These motors run a fairly low compression ( 9:1?) so no need for the extra octane. In fact you should use the lowest octane you can without pinging because the higher octane fuels take longer to burn.
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hehehe unless your 3.0 has carbon buildups from sheer age and now pings on anything less than 93 octane...even with the timing set back to 10* BTDC... *sigh* I need a 600CBRR so I can get 50mpg and run 12s on the track...
the truck with the 87 is sitting at home today.
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I wonder if engines sold across the ocean are different because we only have 95 and 98 octane gas around here and recently i filled her up with some bad gas and it pinged like a !$#&%$#". And yes 1liter of 95 gasoline here costs 1.33$
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87 has consistently been 2.43-2.47 here.
today i drove by the station and its... 2.68!
so i went to the black hole that is so random here... its a citgo station thats full service... for 2.48!
so random.
today i drove by the station and its... 2.68!
so i went to the black hole that is so random here... its a citgo station thats full service... for 2.48!
so random.
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"unless your 3.0 has carbon buildups from sheer age and now pings on anything less than 93 octane..."
bumpin': just curious if you've tried any additives to remove some of that carbon...
bumpin': just curious if you've tried any additives to remove some of that carbon...
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Originally Posted by sandcrawler
"unless your 3.0 has carbon buildups from sheer age and now pings on anything less than 93 octane..."
bumpin': just curious if you've tried any additives to remove some of that carbon...
bumpin': just curious if you've tried any additives to remove some of that carbon...