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Re: Fuel quality and octane level?


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Posted by the tractor vet on March 05, 2009 at 16:08:55 from (75.19.123.14):

In Reply to: Fuel quality and octane level? posted by SDE on March 05, 2009 at 15:44:00:

Well maybe by todays standards they are not BUT for there day they were the latest and greatest . And they were designed around the fuel of the day. Now and old M may GET by with it playing around But if you put her back to work and i mean work you will find out what happens . IF it has been upgraded with higher compression pistons and a better high compression head plus just how many times has the head been milled down over the years and like you said timing that new low grade gas is going to burn way hotter and on the CAST PISTONS that they sell today the pistons can not get rid of the extra heat that the 87 and 89 octane makes and the pistons will start to swell and guild .Then ya get into the higher RPM 4 cylinder and 6 bangers and it get worse . . All this newer gas is for cars and light trucks that just move your donkey down the road . Ya ok you haul your toys behind pick ups they still are not working as hard as a tractor in the field pulling a plow or a disk .Just how many of you guys ever spent 10-12 hours on a gas tractor plowing and as the sun sets the glow of the manifold and the muffler is a cherry redand there is a half foot of flame standing out the pipe. .The higher cotane burns longer and cooler and makes all the difference .


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