Wrong grade of gas in car
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Anonymous
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I had to put regular gas in my car today because I was on E and there was nothing else left
How bad is this? And what next steps should I take |
Anonymous
| It’s fine I did the same thing today. |
Anonymous
| It’ll be fine. Worst case scenario you’ll get some knocking or pinging. Everything should be back to normal this weekend. Fill it up with your usual grade when you can. |
Anonymous
| Is this classified as humble brag? |
Anonymous
How so? |
Anonymous
if you hear knocking or have trouble starting your car, take it to a mechanic. they can drain off bad gas or add something that helps your engine process the gas. |
Anonymous
| Unless your car has a diesel engine, I would not worry about it. |
Anonymous
Luxury cars typically call for premium fuel. |
Anonymous
| absolutely no harm. you are worrying about nothing op. |
Anonymous
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It’s probably fine. The deal with higher octanes is that they have higher ignition points, which makes them less likely to ignite on the cylinder’s compression stroke. The fuel air mixture is supposed to ignite when the spark plug fires. However, if the compression of the fuel air mixture is such that it’s enough to raise the temp of the mixture high enough (Ideal Gas Law), then you can get pre ignition BEFORE the right time, and that pre-ignition is momentarily working against you. That’s called knocking.
However, modern cars are supposedly designed to be able to adjust for that so you you don’t get the premature ignition. You may not get optimal performance, but it shouldn’t harm it. |
Anonymous
| I drove a semi-luxury car using regular gas for 10 years, and later found that my friend with the same model had been using premium the whole time. I never noticed anything. |
Anonymous
Ha! My ex-stepmother put diesel in her regular car and it took $thousands to fix. |
Anonymous
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Oof. Big mistake. You should probably just abandon it by the side of the road at this point.
. . . . Seriously, OP. You're asking this? |
Anonymous
| I would drive it to the outskirts of town and torch it. The fire will destroy all of the bad fuel. |
Anonymous
Preferably with the keys in it. And the location emailed to me. |