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- From: chrisp@regenmeister.Sun.COM (Chris Prael)
- Newsgroups: rec.autos.tech
- Subject: Re: Oxygenated Gasoline and Low MPG (super unleaded?)
- Date: 25 Jan 1993 19:28:55 GMT
- Organization: Sun Microsystems Inc., Mountain View, CA
- Lines: 54
- Message-ID: <lm8frnINNjiq@exodus.Eng.Sun.COM>
- References: <30129@oasys.dt.navy.mil>
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- Nice work getting all the data. I had a similar experience doing a
- round trip from the Bay Area to Vancouver, B.C. and back. I would
- suggest that you write any local newspapers. If you are a resident of
- the state you are living in (since you are Navy), write your governor,
- state legislator, and state senator. It also can't hurt to write to
- your congress-person and your U.S. senator.
-
- These frauds don't hold up so well when they get exposed to the light of
- day.
-
- Chris Prael
-
- From article <30129@oasys.dt.navy.mil>, by bense@oasys.dt.navy.mil (Ron Bense):
- > OK. Here are some figures to support the "low mileage" of oxygenated
- > gas regardless of that "winter effect". I drove to Columbus, OH from
- > Wash., DC this past weekend, and have been using oxygenated gas exclusively
- > for the last several months, so when I started this trip, it was all
- > oxygenated. I drive a Celica turbo alltrack, which requires (recommended
- > anyway) 91+ octane gas. It had 87k on the odometer, and has had the
- > O2 sensor replaced recently and is in fairly good working order.
- >
- > The gas tank holds 15.9 gallons, according to the manuals, of which
- > 13.9 is about the max. usable volume. (This is important to show the
- > effects of the diluted oxygenated gas I experienced on the trip.)
- >
- > All driving was pretty much highway, with some small portion of each
- > tank being city driving (<30 miles).
- >
- > 1st tank, 20.6 mpg - 241 miles, 11.7 gallons on fill-up, 100% oxygenated gas.
- > driving was two 40 mile highway segments, w/ cool down of engine,
- > and then continuous driving at about 65 mph.
- >
- > 2nd tank, 22.2 mpg - 251 miles, 11.3 gallons on fill-up, 26% oxy gas.
- > driving was ~65 highway, with a 30 mile stretch of mountain driving
- > to get to ski resort. (downhill was icy conditions - slow)
- >
- > 3rd tank, 24.2 mpg - 261 miles, 10.8 gallons on fill-up, 7.6% oxy gas.
- > driving was ~65-70 highway, with 30-40 miles driven in Colombus.
- > There were cool-down segments in Col.
- >
- > 4th tank, 26.5 mpg - 239 miles, 9.0 gallons on fill-up, assume non-oxy gas.
- > continuous driving at 75-80, through the mountains.
- >
- > It's pretty obvious that oxy gas is the culprit, as even driving at
- > higher speeds through mountainous terrain caused oxy gas to cut almost
- > 25% off my mpg. Anybody know who we can write to to cancel this idiotic
- > approach to pollution control?
- >
- > Ron
- >
- > PS - the 26.5 mpg figure was a bit of a surprise, since the best previous
- > recorded mpg for highway driving was a little under 26 mpg, but this
- > was also the first time I did a continous drive at speed with only one
- > stop (bathroom:) before filling up.
-