CSXT802
Enthusiast
I'll start this topic so that others that know more can give feed back. With gas prices high, 93-91 octane is not a fast seller. To make it worse during the winter months it's even slower. My question is what is the "shelf life" of the fuel before it starts to loose octane. Is it possible that the 93 octane fuel that we are filling our car with now has less octane than 87.? I'm picking up my viper April 8th. I'll be driving it from WI. To PA. I'll have several fuel stops along the way. This is my first Viper so I'm worried about detonation due to bad fuel. I lost a motor on one of my snowmobiles this season. I'm sure it was due to poor 93 octane fuel. As one piston lost the locating pin due to detonation. This allowed the ring to spin and catch the exhaust port. Anyone that knows 2 strokes knows what kind of damage follows.