View Full Version : 85 octane


G5Wisz
07-05-2008, 12:56 PM
Theres a new Sunoco station that just opened up around me and there selling 85 octane for $2.99 a gallon (compared to 87 i use for $4.27). I have a 2.2 so im thinking i might be able to get away with using 85. I always used 87 but do you guys think there is that big a difference between the two? Also if worse comes to worse and i hear some ticking or knocking in the engine b/c of using a low octane, i could just put some 87 or even 89 to even out the gas at 86-87, do you guys know if its alright to mix two different octanes?

JPizzle
07-05-2008, 12:58 PM
I say no!

TheLaxPlayer
07-05-2008, 01:29 PM
85 octane or is it E85? You don't want to put E85 in your car...

NWAE Cobalt
07-05-2008, 01:31 PM
although i would kill for gas that cheep!!!!!!

G5Wisz
07-05-2008, 01:31 PM
85 octane or is it E85? You don't want to put E85 in your car...
hm, not 100% sure since i havent gone to it yet, just passed it a few times and saw on the sign 85: $2.99...Ill go on Monday when i have to fill up and ill find out for sure.

_UnLiMiTeD_
07-05-2008, 01:38 PM
its more then likely e85, there is a way to convert your car to run off it

AROON02
07-05-2008, 01:40 PM
85 octane or is it E85? You don't want to put E85 in your car...

EXACTLY WHAT I WAS GONNA SAY

ItalianJoe1
07-05-2008, 02:00 PM
Its fine to mix different octanes, but why do they even have 85? I've never even seen it below 87. I'd be skeptical.

chris88z24
07-05-2008, 02:03 PM
It's E85.

sherm420
07-05-2008, 02:17 PM
just use sugar

TheLaxPlayer
07-05-2008, 03:18 PM
It's gotta be E85... if 85 octane was THAT cheap, they'd mix it with 89 and be selling 87 for $3.50 and raking in the money.

ItalianJoe1
07-05-2008, 03:21 PM
It's gotta be E85... if 85 octane was THAT cheap, they'd mix it with 89 and be selling 87 for $3.50 and raking in the money.

89 is just 87 mixed with a lesser amount of 93. Some stations only have 2 tanks and it mixes right in the pump.

TheLaxPlayer
07-05-2008, 03:52 PM
And some sell the same gas as 87 and 89. My point was if there was any way they could sell 85 for $2.99 they'd just mix it with a higher octane and make 87 to sell far cheaper than anybody else. I don't think there's any way they're selling anything other than E85 for 2.99 a gallon.

krispy
07-07-2008, 01:36 PM
its 100% E85

don't run it if your car isn't E85 compatible

Blue_Balt
07-19-2008, 07:41 PM
It's definitely E85, stay far away.

Its fine to mix different octanes, but why do they even have 85? I've never even seen it below 87. I'd be skeptical.

At higher altitudes they sell 85 instead of 87.

G5Wisz
07-19-2008, 09:35 PM
yeah, i forgot all about this thread, i found out, it is e85

o3nisoaso3
07-22-2008, 04:43 PM
It's definitely E85, stay far away.



At higher altitudes they sell 85 instead of 87.

ive seen 85 before, not in a few years but ive seen it. only at sunoco tho

Steven Flit
07-22-2008, 04:46 PM
Just don't go WOT...

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