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Don said:

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I bootstrap our LD fuel with an extra additive I've used for ten years, called PRI-G.  No complaints.  It is not something I'd recommend, but I've let our generator sit unesed for several months and with the PRI-G additive, it has always started quickly and run smoothly.

Your are certainly safe in choosing the best gasoline available for your LD!

Don McG 2001 MB
Hi Don We usually use Arco and have allways been perfectly satisfied with it.
Of course, with my E305 23.5 LD and its 35 gallon tank, sometimes we have little choice. In that case I would like to use an additive such as your PRI-G. Where do you get it?

A maybe related question. A few months ago in Mexico I filled up on 87 octane. About 10 minutes later the "check engine" light came on and stayed on (1999 V-10). At the next fill-up I switched to the next higher octane. The indicator went off after about an hour or so, and never came back, even though I switched back to 87. Could it be the additives in gas in Mexico are poorer than in the US, and the engine computer thought there was an emission issue? Tom Johnston, Red 23.5 TK, Whidbey Island WA


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Yahoo Message Number: 56589
"Could it be the additives in gas in Mexico are poorer than in the US...?"
 Could be...but a more likely explanation is that you simply got some dirty gas.

Andy Baird
Andy Baird
2021 Ford Ranger towing 2019 Airstream 19CB
Previously: 1985 LD Twin/King "Gertie"; 2003 LD Midbath "Skylark"

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Yahoo Message Number: 56596
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"Could it be the additives in gas in Mexico are poorer than in the
US...?"

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Could be...but a more likely explanation is that you simply got some
dirty gas.
 Another cause could be they did not get the gas cap on tight. On some vehicles this will turn on the check engine light.

Norm

 
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Yahoo Message Number: 56601
, "Andy Baird" wrote:
 
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"Could it be the additives in gas in Mexico are poorer than in the US...?"
 Could be...but a more likely explanation is that you simply got some dirty gas.
 Another cause could be they did not get the gas cap on tight. On some vehicles this will turn on the check engine light.

Norm
Thanks Andy and Norm Yeah, as I first noticed the light, my wife read to me out of the owners manual, and the first thing mentioned was the gas cap. All the sudden I was smiling because I thought the kid was in a hurry, and surely didn't get  it on tight. But no such luck. Then we thought about dirty gas or water in the gas (the fuel filter was nearly new), but this was a major truck stop gas station chain, on a toll turnpike, and appeared to be imaculate. Of course, clean gas stations don't necessarily mean clean gas. Just one of those blips, I guess.:-) TJ