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Date: 8 May 2006 13:58:36 -0700
From: "Michael Hudson" <mahnospamotcommunications.com>
Subject: Regular gas in a 9.5?


I recently purchased a '02 9.5 Linear with 80K on it. I'm friends with the previous owner and know for a fact that she's never put anything but regular (87 octane) gas in it and experienced no performance problems save one time when it surged momentarily in 5th gear (it's a standard). In the two weeks that I've had the car, the surging, or hiccupping, or whatever you might call it has come on strong. It's always had regular maintenance, oil changes every 3K, and I just changed the oil myself last week. I know - now that I looked at the damned thing! - that the book says to use at least 90 octane gas, which I will if I absolutely have to, but does the condition described above sound like it was caused, all of a sudden, by improper gas usage? I just put my first tank of 89 octane gas - hoping for the best - in this morning and see no changes. Yet. Opine, please. Michael

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