Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site akgua.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!bonnie!akgua!dlp From: dlp@akgua.UUCP (D.L. Philen [Dan]) Newsgroups: net.auto Subject: carb cleaners and octane Message-ID: <1147@akgua.UUCP> Date: Fri, 14-Dec-84 09:12:46 EST Article-I.D.: akgua.1147 Posted: Fri Dec 14 09:12:46 1984 Date-Received: Sat, 15-Dec-84 02:47:03 EST Organization: AT&T Technologies/Bell Labs, Atlanta Lines: 21 My 78 toyota celica (77k miles) acted like its choke was sticking so as a short fix I added some carb cleaner. This is the stuff you pour in the tank and it is supposed to clean the carbs as you drive. Anyway, the result was the the car seemed to perform a whole lot better. The car has always worked better on the highest octane gas I could get. With the carb cleaner it seemed to accelerate better without hesitation or knock. I also have a 1964 sedan (4450 pounds with 6.25 liter V8) that marginally runs great on 92 octane. If I use Texaco 93 octane then I only get a little knock when I stomp on it. I poured the carb cleaner in it too, and it also seems to run better. My question is this, Is it just my imagination or does carb cleaner really increase the octane rating. If it does then why not use this instead of the more expensive octane boosters available. dan philen akgua!dlp