View Full Version : argg whats my Misses done to my car!
FaithStalker
22-08-03, 09:20
she took it to get some new fronts put on
and she filled it up with STANDARD UNLEADED!!!!!!!!!!
ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
from TESCO
double ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
10 quidsworth !
what should i do !?!?!?
a) suck it out and beat her with a syphon hose
b) burn it off quickly up and down the A1M
c) stick in a bottle of millers and then do (b)
d) fill the rest of the tank with optimax then do (b)
e) b c and d
f) continue to run on the cheaper standard unleaded for the rest of the cars days (which will probably be very few)
stupid stupid stupid
:D
At least she didn't put diesel in ;)
I would drive the tank almost empty and then go for the optimax asap
Top it up with Optimax, then don't worry about it. Just avoid any extreme full-boost, top-speed running if you're at 1.2 or 1.3bar (this is where you need all the octane you can get).
FaithStalker
22-08-03, 09:43
me still stock mr adam W! me no see 1.2 me see 0.8 max -
unfortunatley!
or perhaps fortunatley after this !
i'm leaning towards (b) and then OPTIMAX !
Compared to Super Unleaded and even Standard Unleaded the price of Optimax is bloody good ! (round in this area at least)
Aerotop Dave
22-08-03, 13:19
What does it matter?
A single tenner's worth of petrol is hardly going to ruin it forever.
Paul Laing
22-08-03, 13:26
will you even get back to the petrol station with £10 petrol ;)
I would just run it down and fill up on Optimax, then add some Octane Booster from ENVY and job done!
Paul
I'd go a combination.
Beat her with a hose, then just fill it up with Optimax - then burn the fuel as low as you can and Optimax it again.
A friend of mine has a TVR Griffith 500 HC - he was running desperately low on fuel and had to put Tesco standard unleaded in it. After it coughed and spluttered the entire way home, it wouldn't start the next day :)
Quality petrol.
-p
Whats the problem with standard unleaded? You guys are forgetting that Optimax is a relatively new fuel, these cars aint!
They ran fine on the unleaded back in the 90's i'm sure they will run fine now, you bunch of girls!
Are you sure it wasn't just because it was a TVR and the petrol was coincidence?
Originally posted by Doug
Are you sure it wasn't just because it was a TVR and the petrol was coincidence?
LMFAO :D
Paul Laing
22-08-03, 16:27
There was still super Unleaded though mate in the 90s
Terminator
22-08-03, 18:07
Originally posted by 400BHP
Whats the problem with standard unleaded? You guys are forgetting that Optimax is a relatively new fuel, these cars aint!
They ran fine on the unleaded back in the 90's i'm sure they will run fine now, you bunch of girls!
Ron numbers indicate how well the fuel will burn in the chamber. In a highly tuned car it is important to to run it as the manufacturer intended to insure the burn is good. The Jap spec engine is designed to run on 101 Ron fuel. So you should try to get as close to that as you can.
95 Ron is not much good especially the crud they put in Tesco’s tanks. However if you pull the EFI fuses for a few minutes the car will learn to use it. Just stay off heavy throttle until you can put some better fuel in. Then reset the ECU again.
If you mix the 95 with Optimax so the tank is full and reset the ECU you should be OK.
UK cars can run 95 Ron with out problems, as Toyota had to tune the engine to the fuel sold over here. AFAIK.
she only put a tenner in tight ass :)
do any women fill cars up with fuel :D
makem_neil
22-08-03, 21:42
People always panic when this sort of stuff happens top and bottom is a £10 worth is not going to do any damage. If your that bothered however buy an octane booster and then fill the rest of the tank up with optimax.
Chris Wilson
22-08-03, 22:51
Originally posted by Doug
Are you sure it wasn't just because it was a TVR and the petrol was coincidence?
No TVR owner would admit that, 99.9% of EX TVR owners would though ;)
Originally posted by Terminator
The Jap spec engine is designed to run on 101 Ron fuel. So you should try to get as close to that as you can.
Japs don't have RON,they have WON :D.
See this thread on the board where we know it all :D http://www.gtr.co.uk/forum/upload/showthread.php?s=&threadid=11240
No, it's alright you don't have to thank me :p
Originally posted by TOKYO
Japs don't have RON,they have WON :D.
See this thread on the board where we know it all :D http://www.gtr.co.uk/forum/upload/showthread.php?s=&threadid=11240
No, it's alright you don't have to thank me :p
Don't worry, we wont thank someone that owns a pick up truck styled car with a spoiler and a truckman top grafted on...:p
Originally posted by 400BHP
Don't worry, we wont thank someone that owns a pick up truck styled car with a spoiler and a truckman top grafted on...:p
Nope, lame that one, you gotta try harder than that :moo: .
I'll take that as a thankyou then :D.
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