Re: Ethanol reduced gas mileage???
Posted: August 30th, 2011, 6:37 am
93 in a GEO is wasting some Octane points. In a high compression engine, 150 psi or better, you need to run higher octane. In a lower compression engine, 120-145 87 or 89 is actually better. The 93 in the lower compression engine will not burn as completely as it does in the higher compression motor, thus creating more carbon and deposits that you are trying to eliminate. There is a possibility that you have some gunk in the injectors and on the valves. There is no such thing as a mechanic in a bottle or can.with that said, the only thing I have seen work to clean out the fuel system and help with carbon deposits on valves(other than remove and clean) is Techron. Put a double dose in the tank, run it for at least 20 miles, then park overnight. This gives the chemical time to dissolve the crud, then the next morning when you fire it up....flush goes the junk and the rest is clean and running better.