Does anything really BAD happen? Could the car blow up?
2007-01-11 07:40:43 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Cars & Transportation ➔ Maintenance & Repairs
It won't blow up. The higher the octane the easier it is to burn in the combustion chamber, in your Motor. If you mix two different Octane grades it will either weaken or add combustion rate capabilities to the fuel. If your car is suppose to run on an High octane and you put in a low octane it might loose power and not run very good until you burn out the Low grade Fuel. If it's suppose to run on a Low grade and you add High grade Octane fuel you might increase the performance of your car (how much Horse poser your Motor Delivers) but your cars computer will not except this and it might send a false full reading to your throttle body sensor or visa-a-versa. any way it won't blow up your car, but if you continue to run the Wrong Octane your Check engine light will eventually come on after it notices the Change in fuel Octane.
2007-01-11 08:00:07 · answer #1 · answered by George D 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Assuming a couple of things here.
The premium gas is unleaded 91 octane
The unleaded gas is regular 87 octane
In this case the previous answer is correct. You just end up with a tank of slightly higher octane than what your car requires which the engine will like, but there is no point to spending the extra money.
Now if we worst case it and assume you put leaded Premium gasoline (100+ octane) you could damage the spark plugs and the catalytic converter.
2007-01-11 15:52:36 · answer #2 · answered by yes_its_me 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Most, if not all gasoline available to the public is unleaded. There are normally three grades available at gas stations. Regular, mid-grade, and premium. When a gas truck brings fuel to a gas station, they bring only two kinds, the regular and premium that you speak of. In order to make mid-grade, they mix half and half regular and premium in a third underground tank. Relax. Nothing bad is going to happen. Really. It's OK.
2007-01-11 15:55:38 · answer #3 · answered by Me again 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I built 1974 chevy, with a 300 HP. 350 in it and that is the way I mix all the fuel in it all the time,,, When I sold the car it had 250,000 miles on it ,,, Its just makes the unleaded a stronger Wont hurt any thing,,,
No' it wont blow your engine up, Don't worry your good to go
2007-01-11 15:53:09 · answer #4 · answered by bill_ray56 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Premium gas is unleaded gas. I normally run premium but sometimes use regular or mid-grade, and my truck didn't explode! You should be more worried about smoking, static sparks, or dripping onto a hot exhaust pipe (cat) and igniting that.
2007-01-11 15:53:44 · answer #5 · answered by James B 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Every answer is correct except the boom [ IDIOT ] Though high octane is a couple dollars more [ depending on your location ] you will spend less time at the pump Then using regular gas In other words you get more miles to the gallon with high octane then regular
2007-01-11 16:09:07 · answer #6 · answered by talofa lava 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nothing will happen. You will have a tank of fuel with a very slight octane increase over regular fuel. The only bad thing is you wasted a little money.
2007-01-11 15:47:01 · answer #7 · answered by R1volta 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
im sure that if you mix them, your car wont blow up. it just is more expensive than if you keep it just one type of gasoline.
2007-01-11 15:49:03 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Boom
2007-01-11 15:47:49 · answer #9 · answered by Mighty C 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋