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I thought 85 Octane was weird, so I looked at your location... Yeah.
Normal places that have oxygen in the air sell 87 and 91... 89 is a mid grade at most.
93 is the premium if you're lucky.
There's one station I've seen that has five different grades and I don't believe that included Diesel or Kerosene.
Normal places that have oxygen in the air sell 87 and 91... 89 is a mid grade at most.
93 is the premium if you're lucky.
There's one station I've seen that has five different grades and I don't believe that included Diesel or Kerosene.
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I thought 85 Octane was weird, so I looked at your location... Yeah.
Normal places that have oxygen in the air sell 87 and 91... 89 is a mid grade at most.
93 is the premium if you're lucky.
There's one station I've seen that has five different grades and I don't believe that included Diesel or Kerosene.
Normal places that have oxygen in the air sell 87 and 91... 89 is a mid grade at most.
93 is the premium if you're lucky.
There's one station I've seen that has five different grades and I don't believe that included Diesel or Kerosene.
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Unless you go to a Kangaroo station, the octane stuff has a green handle. I almost made that mistake.
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I hit a station like that once and I thought they just blend the 85/89/93 to make the in-between numbers.. I think it was NV or UT and I was driving a rental..
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Some brands refine the different grades and some only refine the lower and upper grades and blend them at the station to achieve the mid grade
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This I am almost 100% is not true. I'm no mathematician but the mixture would have to be adjusted from week to week if not sooner as the fuel is never the exact octane it's advertised as. It's allowed in a specific range of tolerance, but if you had an 87 at the lowest end and a 92 (available in some states) at the lowest end then that would make for a failing grade 89. In case you're wondering yes, I am HAZMAT certified and messed with fuel trucks/fuel filtering/distributing systems in the military
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In the Army we only had one "octane" and it was diesel 