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      I run 95 unleaded because thats the only unleaded petrol they sell in South Africa

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      Quote Originally Posted by Pickles View Post
      I've been having a problem with my car smelling like rotten eggs when I blast through gears due to bad gas (lol) stinking up the cat. Switched to 93 octane, and no stinkiness! And I did notice with the gas I was using, coupled with the cold weather, my scanguage avg MPG dropped by 1.2
      Quote Originally Posted by blade19941 View Post
      I run 95 unleaded because thats the only unleaded petrol they sell in South Africa
      Octane ratings are very different between US and Europe, and I'm sure south Africa would fall under European standards... 91 us octane is equal to 95 Ron octane.. 93 us octane is equal to 98 European octane.
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      i live in Utah and in high altitudes the octane drops regular unleaded gas here is 85 octane and my aveo runs great on that i have tried the higher octanes but i cant see any noticable diffrence the only diffrence i see is in the price as far as performance no change from 85 to 95 and no noticable MPG diffrence either

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