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From: btl@mtunf.UUCP (Bernie Lee)
Newsgroups: net.auto
Subject: Re: "winter fuel"
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Date: Mon, 6-Jan-86 12:43:20 EST
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Posted: Mon Jan  6 12:43:20 1986
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> I have a 1985 Corolla with about 32,000 miles on it.
> Recently I have had problems with pinging on hills.
> I took it to the Toyota dealer and they said that
> it was tuned to spec, and that the pinging was due
> to poor quality fuel; they said that the gas companies
> are using "winter fuel" at this time.  I have noticed
> that different brands make a difference, with Union 76
> getting rid of the pings, and Shell the worst.
> 
> Is there anything to this?  If there is, what is the best
> brand of gas to use?
> 
> 	Glen McCluskey
> 	..tektronix!athena!glenm

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I have never heard of the winter fuel business.
I do have the same problem with my 84 corolla and I discovered that
some brands are better than the other. For example: Hess was the best
and Mobil was the worst. My solution for the problem was to find the
cheapest premium fuel and treat the car to it once in a while. It seem
to help the problem a little even when I am using unleaded regular 87
octane.