I just bought a 1999 Buick Regal GS, which is supercharged. It requires premium unleaded gas. I was curious if I could buy 87 or 89 octane and add a bottle of octane boost. This might be cheaper considering the price of gas these days. Any thoughts?|||Octanes are suggested for optimal engine performance. You should use what it calls for to maintain a healthy motor.
"Many high-performance engines are designed to operate with a high maximum compression and thus need a high quality (high energy) fuel usually associated with high octane numbers and thus demand high-octane premium gasoline.
The power output of an engine depends on the energy content of its fuel, and this bears no simple relationship to the octane rating. A common understanding that may apply in only limited circumstances amongst petrol consumers is that adding a higher octane fuel to a vehicle's engine will increase its performance and/or lessen its fuel consumption; this may be false under most conditions 鈥?while engines perform best when using fuel with the octane rating for which they were designed and any increase in performance by using a fuel with a different octane rating is minimal or even imaginary, unless there are carbon hotspots, fuel injector clogging or other conditions that may cause a lean situation that can cause knocking that are more common in high mileage vehicles, which would cause modern cars to retard timing thus leading to a loss of both responsiveness and fuel economy. This also does not apply to turbocharged vehicles, which may be allowed to run greater advance in certain circumstances due to external temperatures."|||Sorry..........Cheap gas is less refined and has more oil in it.
Oil burns hot and violent.
Adding an addivtive is just making a bad cocktail of a bad recipe to begin with.
Preimum gas burns colder and slower the cheap gas . Its much better on your head gaskets , piston rings , and valves and valve seals.|||I would do this only in the winter months. You will almost have engine damage in the summer. I was facing the same problem with my Jeep and tried this with some success. My problem was warm days that just happen to show up during our winters here in SW Missouri. So I got rid of the Jeep for a Chevy truck that uses regular unleaded.|||It's going to cost more.|||it's cheaper to buy the prem. gas than to put $6 bottle of octane boost to the tank...|||i would stick to the correct gas to prevent any problems. or trade the car in. you can try and get buy with regular gas unless it starts to ping/knock. also it will have less power on regular gas|||premium is what, 10-15 cents more a gallon
20 X 15 = $3.00
octane boost = $7.95
doesn't make sense
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