FaithStalker Posted August 22, 2003 Share Posted August 22, 2003 she took it to get some new fronts put on and she filled it up with STANDARD UNLEADED!!!!!!!!!! ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh from TESCO double ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh 10 quidsworth ! what should i do !?!?!? a) suck it out and beat her with a syphon hose b) burn it off quickly up and down the A1M c) stick in a bottle of millers and then do (b) d) fill the rest of the tank with optimax then do (b) e) b c and d f) continue to run on the cheaper standard unleaded for the rest of the cars days (which will probably be very few) stupid stupid stupid Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marco Posted August 22, 2003 Share Posted August 22, 2003 At least she didn't put diesel in I would drive the tank almost empty and then go for the optimax asap Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam W Posted August 22, 2003 Share Posted August 22, 2003 Top it up with Optimax, then don't worry about it. Just avoid any extreme full-boost, top-speed running if you're at 1.2 or 1.3bar (this is where you need all the octane you can get). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FaithStalker Posted August 22, 2003 Author Share Posted August 22, 2003 me still stock mr adam W! me no see 1.2 me see 0.8 max - unfortunatley! or perhaps fortunatley after this ! i'm leaning towards (b) and then OPTIMAX ! Compared to Super Unleaded and even Standard Unleaded the price of Optimax is bloody good ! (round in this area at least) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aerotop Dave Posted August 22, 2003 Share Posted August 22, 2003 What does it matter? A single tenner's worth of petrol is hardly going to ruin it forever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Laing Posted August 22, 2003 Share Posted August 22, 2003 will you even get back to the petrol station with £10 petrol I would just run it down and fill up on Optimax, then add some Octane Booster from ENVY and job done! Paul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pulse Posted August 22, 2003 Share Posted August 22, 2003 I'd go a combination. Beat her with a hose, then just fill it up with Optimax - then burn the fuel as low as you can and Optimax it again. A friend of mine has a TVR Griffith 500 HC - he was running desperately low on fuel and had to put Tesco standard unleaded in it. After it coughed and spluttered the entire way home, it wouldn't start the next day Quality petrol. -p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
400BHP Posted August 22, 2003 Share Posted August 22, 2003 Whats the problem with standard unleaded? You guys are forgetting that Optimax is a relatively new fuel, these cars aint! They ran fine on the unleaded back in the 90's i'm sure they will run fine now, you bunch of girls! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doug Posted August 22, 2003 Share Posted August 22, 2003 Are you sure it wasn't just because it was a TVR and the petrol was coincidence? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharpie Posted August 22, 2003 Share Posted August 22, 2003 Originally posted by Doug Are you sure it wasn't just because it was a TVR and the petrol was coincidence? LMFAO Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Laing Posted August 22, 2003 Share Posted August 22, 2003 There was still super Unleaded though mate in the 90s Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terminator Posted August 22, 2003 Share Posted August 22, 2003 Originally posted by 400BHP Whats the problem with standard unleaded? You guys are forgetting that Optimax is a relatively new fuel, these cars aint! They ran fine on the unleaded back in the 90's i'm sure they will run fine now, you bunch of girls! Ron numbers indicate how well the fuel will burn in the chamber. In a highly tuned car it is important to to run it as the manufacturer intended to insure the burn is good. The Jap spec engine is designed to run on 101 Ron fuel. So you should try to get as close to that as you can. 95 Ron is not much good especially the crud they put in Tesco’s tanks. However if you pull the EFI fuses for a few minutes the car will learn to use it. Just stay off heavy throttle until you can put some better fuel in. Then reset the ECU again. If you mix the 95 with Optimax so the tank is full and reset the ECU you should be OK. UK cars can run 95 Ron with out problems, as Toyota had to tune the engine to the fuel sold over here. AFAIK. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
millhouse Posted August 22, 2003 Share Posted August 22, 2003 she only put a tenner in tight ass do any women fill cars up with fuel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
makem_neil Posted August 22, 2003 Share Posted August 22, 2003 People always panic when this sort of stuff happens top and bottom is a £10 worth is not going to do any damage. If your that bothered however buy an octane booster and then fill the rest of the tank up with optimax. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Wilson Posted August 22, 2003 Share Posted August 22, 2003 Originally posted by Doug Are you sure it wasn't just because it was a TVR and the petrol was coincidence? No TVR owner would admit that, 99.9% of EX TVR owners would though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SkyJawa Posted August 22, 2003 Share Posted August 22, 2003 e Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TOKYO Posted August 23, 2003 Share Posted August 23, 2003 Originally posted by Terminator The Jap spec engine is designed to run on 101 Ron fuel. So you should try to get as close to that as you can. Japs don't have RON,they have WON . See this thread on the board where we know it all http://www.gtr.co.uk/forum/upload/showthread.php?s=&threadid=11240 No, it's alright you don't have to thank me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
400BHP Posted August 25, 2003 Share Posted August 25, 2003 Originally posted by TOKYO Japs don't have RON,they have WON . See this thread on the board where we know it all http://www.gtr.co.uk/forum/upload/showthread.php?s=&threadid=11240 No, it's alright you don't have to thank me Don't worry, we wont thank someone that owns a pick up truck styled car with a spoiler and a truckman top grafted on... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TOKYO Posted August 26, 2003 Share Posted August 26, 2003 Originally posted by 400BHP Don't worry, we wont thank someone that owns a pick up truck styled car with a spoiler and a truckman top grafted on... Nope, lame that one, you gotta try harder than that . I'll take that as a thankyou then . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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