I don't know if there is any product out there that can test for a certain octane. Like a litmus paper or something of the sort.

I want to make sure that if I get some 93 octane at another station, aside from my usual place, that it's won't give me a "bad tank" and risk loosing my motor

I was just wondering

 

i googled it.. (im sure you did) Couldnt come up with much.. This is intereseting i think, http://www.faqs.org/faqs/autos....html

 

Yeah, I've read that before .

I just wish there was a way to test it because I've heard of bad gas where I'm from, but how would they have known it was bad gas

Bump it for some possibilties


Modified by adseguy at 12:14 PM 12/17/2006

 

I really don't feel there is such a thing as bad gas. The MON/RON average is very important to refineries and is government regulated. The mixture adding volatiles and such is very intricate and automated leaving a very consistent product I am sure. I think when the "bad gas" comes into play are when gas stations get water and other contaminates in their holding tanks.

Generally I think that would happen in gas stations which do low volume as far as fuel sales. Long periods of fuel sitting in the tanks can cause settling and the properties of the fuel can break down possibly getting you a bad portion of fuel. JMO

Basically though, as far as a test goes, without some type of single cylinder test engine and alot of datalogging capability I just don't see how you can do it. Due to the composition of our fuel I can imagine that the weight can vary due to various levels of volatiles and such in the winter and summer.

I'll have to do some research here....see what I can come up with.


Modified by RC000E at 1:58 PM 12/17/2006