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From: les@vaxwaller.UUCP (Les Dittert)
Newsgroups: net.auto
Subject: Re: Octane mixes...
Message-ID: <344@vaxwaller.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 27-Sep-85 17:14:30 EDT
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Posted: Fri Sep 27 17:14:30 1985
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Organization: Varian, Walnut Creek, CA
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> In article <556@drutx.UUCP>, clay@drutx.UUCP (Clay Lambert) writes:
> >   I have heard that mixing gasolines with different octane ratings
> > has a funny effect on the rating of the mix.  For example, mixing
> > 1 gallon of 85 octane gas with 1 gallon of 87 octane gas yields
> > 2 gallons of gas with an octane rating *greater than* 87.  Is this
> > true, or is someone taking advantage of my lack of knowledge on
> > the subject?
> 
> No, it's true. Mixing about 1 part regular leaded @ 88-89 octane
> with 2 parts super unleaded @ 91-92 octane will give you gasoline
> that is about 94-95 octane. Beware....it is leaded gas. I don't

OK , if it is true , then why don't the oil companies mix the same
potion and sell it to the public as leaded super ??? They try like
hell to please the customer , and I know they could sell a lot
of this 95 octane gas. The chemists that work for Chevron must be
STUPID , if they have the ingredients for this high octane
gas sitting in their own pumps......

   ( in other words , it don't work. )

   Les Dittert , Varian Instruments , California.