shad2009

what if he put in a Lucas octane booster? i heard somebody mention that before...not sure if it works, but i guess it could be worth a try...i don't have to worry about your problem cuz i live in Taxachusetts lol

kput

My car won't actually start if I have lower Octane fuel in it...strange.

I'd complain to the Gas station. maybe get a free tank out of it.

AMChrisRose

I would stay away from any octane boosters other than Torco Mach Accelerator. Most octane boosters coat plugs, clog injectors, kill cats and most of the time do more harm than good.

If you ever do get a lower octane fuel in the tank than your currently loaded tune, it's not the end of the world. If you drive around normal and don't go more than 1/2 throttle, you'll be fine. Do I recommend making a habit of this? No. If you have a lower octane tune to load in to get you through the crappy fuel, do it. If you don't, I'm just saying you'll be fine to drive around conservatively to burn through it at low throttle.

I would also recommend still being pretty easy on it, even when you do get a full tank of premium fuel back in it. You really want to run 1 full tank of premium fuel and fill back up with premium again before you get on it.

Hope this helps!

FlyboyMustang

Hey Chris!
eric hooked it up last night and sent out an 87 tune to me this morning.....but when it rains IT POURS!!!!

I tried to update my tuner with the 87 tune and im getting on the blue screen of my tuner:


System Start Up
Please Wait...
Filesystem error
Needs to be reloaded


AHHHHH!!!!!

any ideas?

darksky1984

Call SCT and they will send you the instructions and updated software to fix it. It's not broken they will just have you do a complete re-boot of the tuner. That happened to me awhile ago and SCT fixed me up.

AMChrisRose

Yeah, call SCT and they'll walk you through getting it recovered. Should be a 10 minute process. Sorry about the trouble.

Let us know how the tune works out for you. Won't be nearly as fun as the premium fuel tunes, LOL!