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Old 09-22-2008, 12:50 PM
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Only 1 out of the 5 stations by my house had gas yesterday. Chevron for $4.19 a gallon for 87. They were out of 89 and 93. No limit for buying 87 though. Spent $57 filling up. I always run my 87 tune. 93 seems to just waste gas and I drove 75 miles daily before I started car pooling.

The south is running dry. Crazy

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Old 09-22-2008, 12:57 PM
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Originally Posted by .boB
You can use octane booster. Or you can stop in at Ace Hardware and get some toluene. The formula is easy to find with a google search.

Can you put the stock tune back in for a while?

I would avoid any octane booster. You'll do much more damage than good. Your stock tune or a new 87 tune would be the best choice.
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Old 09-22-2008, 04:39 PM
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Originally Posted by cavediver
I would avoid any octane booster. You'll do much more damage than good. Your stock tune or a new 87 tune would be the best choice.
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avoid "octane boosters"
Run a 87 tune until the supply returns
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Old 09-22-2008, 08:28 PM
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Hmm, is this a sign for us up north to go gas up?, at 1/4 tank now.
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Old 09-22-2008, 08:35 PM
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+1
if you put an octane booster in your gas @ 87octane you now have 87.1 octane



Originally Posted by 157db
+1
avoid "octane boosters"
Run a 87 tune until the supply returns
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Old 09-22-2008, 09:34 PM
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How are all these places out of gas? Hell I live just north of Houston and even with Hurricane Ike destroying half the Gulf Coast we can still get just about any octane gas at any station... :-0
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Old 09-22-2008, 09:43 PM
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I have heard that octane boosters are overly bad for these engines. If I were in you situation I would go to an 87 Octane tune until I can get 93 gas reliably again.
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Old 09-22-2008, 10:06 PM
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A friend of mine works for a refinery, he was saying both recent hurricanes are the reason why they're short of gas. They had severay limited production weeks in a row. I told him he was a company man and they are yankin our chains for more money




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How are all these places out of gas? Hell I live just north of Houston and even with Hurricane Ike destroying half the Gulf Coast we can still get just about any octane gas at any station... :-0
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Old 09-22-2008, 10:26 PM
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they arent lying bout the limited production. plus nashville's gas pipe line comes directly from houston. shouldnt effect any of ya'll up north. dont worry its just a nashville problem. just glad i had an 87 tune for long trips. who knows when more than 2 stations in the same town will have enough gas for everybody. stations run out in a day or less. plus there is a 45min to hr wait at the gas stations. sucks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Old 09-22-2008, 10:34 PM
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Sorry to hear that...

I filled with 93 Octane yesterday
at $3.99/Gal.
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