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Hi,
I recently filled up my car with the only premium in town... 95 octane and added in octane booster to see how it goes..... Alas it ran good for about 2 minutes, but than once 2nd gets in, the car starts jerking,exhaust backfiring like the car is struggling to accelerate or somthing? Feels similar to when we boosted my mates 6 turbs and the spark plugs need regapping..... Does anyone know wat this is? I'm pretty sure its the octane booster but why? Cheers Guys |
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01-05-2009, 03:16 PM
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lol probably the ecu crapping itself
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01-05-2009, 03:41 PM
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Really? How do i fix it? Just finish the tank of fuel i suppose.....
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01-05-2009, 03:47 PM
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the ecu will learn it in time, i used to run it on my 98 octane tune.
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01-05-2009, 03:47 PM
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reset ECU? Cant hurt
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01-05-2009, 04:20 PM
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yeh it will learn it over time but i suggest decide if you want to keep using it or not so once the ecu learns it you dont keep chopping and changing lol
give it a week or reset the ecu
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01-05-2009, 05:21 PM
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So when i finish using this tank of fuel i gotta reset the ecu? Cos im not putting octane booster in again..... Bloody Hell this is dumb.........
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01-05-2009, 05:53 PM
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you can reset ECU now - as if its running "that" bad, it could cause a little more stress than it needs
Then ECU reset again once you fill up the tank again |
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01-05-2009, 06:00 PM
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Its running TERRIBLE! Can't drive anywhere without people ducking cos my exhaust sounds like a machine gun.....
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01-05-2009, 07:11 PM
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LOL did you put too much in or something... check the back didnt say "treats 2 tanks" :P
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01-05-2009, 08:11 PM
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Drain and use in a high revving CARBY driven mazda... i just happen to have one that loves very high octane fuel
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01-05-2009, 08:49 PM
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I refuse to belive a bottle of octane booster has done this unless there was something wrong with it. Maybe a batch of bad fuel?
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01-05-2009, 08:54 PM
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I know unequivocally that each time i ran octane booster my plugs go orange..get fouled and my injector nozzles get an orange film as well
If the additive companies want me to show them i can.
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01-05-2009, 09:02 PM
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so BP Ultimate will clean it?? I was told yesterday that this was the best fuel, so filled up for the first time with it today...is it?
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01-05-2009, 09:05 PM
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fuel is a matter of opinion but i prefer bp ultimate.For those of you who have removed your spark plugs like me some seven hundred times.Then you will know I am dead on t\right about this.
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01-05-2009, 11:56 PM
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+1 for bp ultimate!
dont tell anyone but my mum prefers the 7/11 premium which is probably watered down to about 2 octane...
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02-05-2009, 12:34 AM
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Mobile synergy 8000 or caltex vortex 98 get my votes...... bottled additives = bad ;)
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02-05-2009, 12:53 AM
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Vortex98 is the best "cleaning" fuel. BP Ultimate is up there with Shells PULP - block up everything in your engine after a while, but believe what you like.
To the OP - have you checked your MAF is connected? Sounds like the car is running pig rich.
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02-05-2009, 09:56 AM
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I may have some injectors in my garage guys after injector/octane booster.If I can find them ill take piccys and post em..fingers crossed I hope they are there
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But yeh thanks mate i thought it mighta been spark plugs.... |
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I put the NOS brand booster in the blue bottle in my xr8 ute I had a couple of years ago and it blew 2 ports on the exhaust gasket. Unless you've ggot a car that pings on pump fuel it's really a waste of money
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Gotta love the internet hey.
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02-05-2009, 10:57 PM
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How much would Ford charge me to replace spark plugs and clean injectors you guys reckon?
Cos its just ridiculous... I'm driving throught town and people are ducking thinking im doing a drive by! Thats how bad thebackfring is! Any recomenndations on spark plugs? Reckon new leads are worth doin to? I dunno i just wanna drive normally Are these any good? http://cgi.ebay.com.au/8-NGK-IRIDIUM...3A1%7C294%3A50 Last edited by redauxr8; 02-05-2009 at 11:04 PM. |
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dont put the car under load too much, and just drive it around as much as possible.
then fill it up on a decent tank of bp ultimate, the only reason i used to run it in my car, was my 98 octane custom tune use to ping at high rpm. in the end my solution was just to run my 95 octane tune and bp ultimate for a sacrifice of 2-3rwkw.
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Don't buy those plugs, even NGK admit they aren't the correct one for the 220 XR8.
NGK BPR5EFS-13 is what you are after, best of all they are the cheap $4 a plug type.
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AU XR8 and octane booster?
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