I left a tunning shop yesterday...
So Im driving home and about 30 miles down the highway...I see Im low on gas, so I pull off at the next exit...get to a gas station, they only have 87. Got back on the highway to find another gas station...light comes on(gas light)...find another exit for gas...pull in, they too only have 87...so I get in line waiting for gas...the car runs out of gas So I get it to the pump...put about $10.00 worth of gas (87 oct) just so I can make it to one more gas station...so I drive like a madman to hurry up to find a gas station to get some premium gas...and I did...I fill her up and put some STP gas fuelcleaner additive...the gas attendant told me to drive hard to blow the bad sh#t out...so I did....about 10 mile from home, the car start to bog, backfire, cut off, lose power...WTF
So basically I creep home with alot of backfiring, shutdown, restarts! Engine oil light coming on and going off.

This morning I start her up...let her warm up, runs normal no warning lights...looks good...sounds good...

Then about 3 minutes later...I hear a low tap....then the tap get alittle louder (from the engine) not real loud...medium.

So I shut her down, because Im scared...

I checked the oil again...the level is a little higher than I remember it being and real dark...(I just changed the oil last week)

What is going on? Help!

Someone have any idea what I should do?
Anyone else ever had a problem like that?
Solutions?

 

Sound like that ****ty 87 oct gas you put in there, sounds like the motor is knocking. Put some C16 gas and clean that **** out asap!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

Definately put in some 104 or something like it... Are you tuned?

 

No sir... not tuned
I would have to drive all the way to VA to get some race gas...would the octane booster work?

 

Im at a full tank right now...with the a 1/4 tank of 87 and the mix of the premium...should I drive it all out? Or try to drain the tank???

 

Try a gallon or two of Xylene. Has an octane rating of 117 I believe and you can find in it in the paint department at your local Home Depot.

 

That probably wasn't a good idea btw.

 

Same thing happened to me when I had a Mustang GT about 3 years ago. She was tuned(JDM in Freehold NJ) to take only 94 and I nealry ran out of gas so I pull into a station and the gas attendent inadvertantly filled her with 87 instead. About five minutes later the car started to detonate. Luckily the motor didnt blow up. Get the gas out of the car and do not drive it until it is drained. Fill her up with some 93 and take it to the dealer if it still makes the tapping sound in the engine. Good luck!

Matt

 

Is the engine still tapping with the mixture or not?

 

yes still tapping with the mix..

 

where are you located in MD? There is a place right by me that sells turbo blue 112 octane. Something like this happend to me a few weeks ago. I got 5 gal of 112 octane and dumped it in to 1/2 tank of shi*ty gas and it solved my problem.

 

Waldorf? off of Leonardtown rd and 301

Whats the address to the place?

you think they would help me drain it...Im at full tank....thats a lot of gas to drain in my garage...and then where would I dump it

 

PM'ed ya

 

Never use octane boosters. Almost all of them use MMTs. Those are bad, mkay?

 

So it looks like Im going to drain the tank...

How do you drain the tank...cipher from the gas fill area....?

Going to need about 4-5 five gallons cans...Walmart? Autozone? _______?

:sigh: