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Old 09-23-2008, 01:12 AM   #56 (permalink)
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Do you even know how bad that ping-klang-tik-tik is for your motor? The pistins are trying to be spun backwards. The fuel is igniting while the piston is on it's way up on the compression stroke. This will cause serious problems. Like bent rods and broken pistons. So please don't make it out to be OK to use cheap gas in this car. Or there will be a lot of unhappy owners at the dealers with voided warranty claims when they test the fuel and find out it was run on 87 octane and the motor is rubbish.
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