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Re: Does Octane affect MPG on regular fuel vehicles?
Posted to Technical Discussion Forum on 1/19/2012

Becky,

My understanding is that a motor that is designed to run properly on 87 AKI, AND actually does run properly on 87, [two different things] should not achieve better fuel economy on higher AKI fuel.

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