stiscooby

On my way home last night and was getting very low on fuel. Was about 12:10am and most petrol stations were closed. When I found one that was open they were all out of super unleaded so I had to put in normal unleaded (only put in £5).

About another 25-30 miles down the road I managed to fill up with my normal petrol (Shell Optimax).

As I have a Jap STI Type R will putting a small amount of unleaded in my car bugger anything up? First time I had to use it, didn't have much choice.

TonyBurns

iTrader: (3)

As long as you didnt push the car hard (ie run it to the red line or higher up the rev range) then you shouldnt have any probs.
Would suggest that you buy a few bottles of octane booster incase of emergencies thou

Tony

(www.scoobymania.co.uk do some )

BOB.T

nah, you'll be fine

stiscooby

No I didn't push it.

Octane booster, now thats a good idea!

Thanks guys.

Katana

It should be okay. When I was in Santa Pod, I had to refuel with NUL because I couldn't find the Shell station. As long as you didn't push it hard, it should be okay.

CallumW

Vouldn't it be cheaper putting in a cup of vodka?
Smirnov black is reported to be smoother.....


Callum

Katana

Pfft, nothing beats the taste of Johnnie Walker's Blue Label.

MichelleWRX1994

Aye, in future have a spare bottle of octane booster for those moments where you can't find SUL

Jason Adams

stiscooby

i was told that i should be using an octane booster anyway even when running on optimax in my sti. Dont know how true this is, but i am now using it

Jay

chrisp

I run optimax and octane booster permanently, its cheaper than a rebuilt engine but thats just me . I have seen guys locally filling classic WRXs up with NUL and now I let them get on with it and dont even bother to make conversation any more. Obvious they know better