Gas

[dropped74]

I am in Pensacola Fl and it is very hard to even find gas and impossible to find Premium. I have put one tank in and added the octane booster. If it continues to be hard to find prem. fuel will I be okay to continue to do this??? Thanks for your time.

Cheers
Nolan
:Beer

 

[02lsv8sport]

I am in Pensacola Fl and it is very hard to even find gas and impossible to find Premium. I have put one tank in and added the octane booster. If it continues to be hard to find prem. fuel will I be okay to continue to do this??? Thanks for your time.

Cheers
Nolan
:Beer

89 Octane works as well for me as 91 or 93. I have not tried 87 yet but it would probably work also without booster.

 

[Jim Henderson]

I have run 87, 89 and 91 octane in my 2004 V8LS here in SoCal.

I have had noticable pinging under hard accleration with 87, and good performance with maybe once in a great while ping on 89, and fine with 91.

A lot would depend on temperature and air conditions plus how you drive.

If you drive like a granny with mostly freeway driving on flat land, you could probably run just about anything for some time. If you are a hard driver in hot weather in lots of hills, you would need to move higher in octane.

For a little while you are probably OK with 87, I prefer 89. Best bet is 91 but you have a problem finding it.

Note that most Octane Boosters I have seen have fine print that says you have to use several cans per tankfull to move the octane any significant amount.

If it was me I would drive with 89 and forget booster. If I had to, I would use 87 without booster and drive gently.

Some people would swear your engine will grenade if you use anything less than 91. I tend to disagree since I have seen articles over the years about this and I would hope Ford would make an engine that isn't so delicate that it blows up if you look at it wrong. I could be wrong. Plus I have been running 89 pretty frequently since about April and haven't exploded anything, yet. Course the manual Recommends 91. Not the same as required.

Good Luck,

Jim Henderson

 

[bigdog1279]

it would work but i wouldnt recomend
but hey you might her a knocing noice after a little man

 

[02lsv8sport]

I have run 87, 89 and 91 octane in my 2004 V8LS here in SoCal.

I have had noticable pinging under hard accleration with 87, and good performance with maybe once in a great while ping on 89, and fine with 91.

A lot would depend on temperature and air conditions plus how you drive.

If you drive like a granny with mostly freeway driving on flat land, you could probably run just about anything for some time. If you are a hard driver in hot weather in lots of hills, you would need to move higher in octane.

For a little while you are probably OK with 87, I prefer 89. Best bet is 91 but you have a problem finding it.

Note that most Octane Boosters I have seen have fine print that says you have to use several cans per tankfull to move the octane any significant amount.

If it was me I would drive with 89 and forget booster. If I had to, I would use 87 without booster and drive gently.

Some people would swear your engine will grenade if you use anything less than 91. I tend to disagree since I have seen articles over the years about this and I would hope Ford would make an engine that isn't so delicate that it blows up if you look at it wrong. I could be wrong. Plus I have been running 89 pretty frequently since about April and haven't exploded anything, yet. Course the manual Recommends 91. Not the same as required.

Good Luck,

Jim Henderson

I tend to agree with your advice. I have always used 89 in my 2002 LS V8 without any hint of a ping. I drive my car hard and the summers are very hot in Georgia. Why would Ford use knock sensors and computer if you could only use premium fuels?