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hello all again,
today when i was putting gas in my car, the gas station worker, THE FOOL, put in the wrong octane!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! cant believe he put in 87!
so my concern, will it be ok? my car is brand new and had it for 2 weeks...
so at this point, what should i do? is there any procedure that i need to take? or just drive around and use up all the fuel that THE FOOL put in?
i kinda checked when he was putting in gas and on the receipt it said it was the 87 octane.................................

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You're okay. Your car has a knock sensor that will adjust the timing so no damage will occur. You should take it a little easy on the car for the duration of this tank and expect worse performance and gas mileage. I'd run it down by half, top it off with premium, then run it down to 1/4, fill it up again, and you should be back to normal.

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Octane booster might help?

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Octane booster might help?
Octane Booster is just 110 Octane racing gas, maybe a couple bottles might help but I doubt it.


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