wife put 87 octane in my baby

[MarauderMatt200]

i went out of town for a week and took her car to save miles on my car...let her drive it and i forgot to tell her before i left to put 93 octane gas in it when she fills it up...welp i forgot not her fault. My question is am i being overly paranoid and sensitive about this? i had her go to Autozone and put some octane booster. I wont rip on it until i can refill her up with 93. Everything wil be ok right?

[MMBLUE]

i went out of town for a week and took her car to save miles on my car...let her drive it and i forgot to tell her before i left to put 93 octane gas in it when she fills it up...welp i forgot not her fault. My question is am i being overly paranoid and sensitive about this? i had her go to Autozone and put some octane booster. I wont rip on it until i can refill her up with 93. Everything wil be ok right?

Yes you'll be fine for a one time mistake. Good call on the octane boost.

If you repeatedly use 87 = trouble

[loud2004marquis]

Could always siphon most of it out and refill with 93

[Pat]

Just run the gas out with some city/country road regular driving. At the MPG our cars get, that won't take long. don't go below a 1/4 tank because low fuel can uncover the pump which uses gasoline for cooling.

[RF Overlord]

The so-called "octane booster" you put in will do absolutely nothing.

When they claim it boosts the octane by "4-7 points", they actually mean 4-7 TENTHS...meaning you just raised your tank of 87 to somewhere between 87.4 and 87.7 octane.

Drive it VERY gently and refill with the highest octane you can find when it gets to half...then do that again.

[Fastbob]

I occasionally run 87 octane (due to premium availability) in mine and haven't noticed any pinging or performance loss. Don't worry about it and don't drive the crap out of it.

[JBeezy]

Since we are on the subject of octane, will racing fuel hurt the oxygen sensors?

[jsignorelli]

When Hurricane Sandy destroyed my area of New Jersey, we were lucky to even get 87 octane. Just don't do hard acceleration, avoid going up steep hills, and you should be fine. After you get the tank run down to 1/4, put in some 93-94 and take a long drive at speed.

[Triple Threat]

Since we are on the subject of octane, will racing fuel hurt the oxygen sensors?

Yes,Race fuel is leaded.

[JBeezy]

Yes,Race fuel is leaded.

That's what I thought. So what's the best way to increase fuel points if the octane boost is of really no help?

[MM03MOK]

That's what I thought. So what's the best way to increase fuel points if the octane boost is of really no help?

93-94 octane.

Lots of good advice above. It's really not a big deal. Please let her live another day.

[JBeezy]

Highest we have around here is 93 and that's all I run anyway. Just curious

[MOTOWN]

Torco accelerator is the only additive that actually works with raising octane.

[MOTOWN]

Since we are on the subject of octane, will racing fuel hurt the oxygen sensors?

It depends on what racing fuel you get , i use VP 109 octane oxygenated which is unleaded.

[ctrlraven]

VP Racing Fuels has a Madditive called Octanium that can boost octane up by 8 points. It's gotten good reviews.
http://mad.vp-sef.com/index.php/octanium