We’ve been burning gasoline for well over a hundred years now, but some misconceptions about fuel—especially when it comes to octane—are so ingrained in the popular consciousness that even those of us ...

Some new cars claim to require premium fuel, others recommend it and most new vehicles on the road today are perfectly happy with regular fuel with nary a hiccup. Simultaneously, we're bombarded by ...

Ever since high-octane leaded gasoline vanished from the scene, theres been an undercurrent of concern among hot rodders every time they fill up at the pump. For the most part, daily driven hot rods ...

While our automobiles have experienced remarkable changes over the past several decades, the fuels we put in them have not. Specifically, the octane rating of regular gasoline today is the same as it ...

In most gas stations, next to the regular unleaded gasoline and diesel nozzles, one can find these additional pumps with labels promoting their benefits. That begs an obvious question: what are these ...

Aside from the price, have you ever driven into the petrol station and wondered ...

The answer is yes: You can mix 87 and 91 octane gasoline without blowing your engine to hell. With that out of the way, let's discuss what mixing different octane fuels does to your engine in terms of ...

I have a 2016 Toyota Avalon. The manual says that I should use 89-octane gasoline. I like to buy gas at my local Costco store, where the price is always lower than at the neighboring gas stations.

Ethanol blending has fundamentally changed India’s petrol landscape. On the downside, ethanol has about 30 percent less energy per litre than petrol. This reduces fuel efficiency by 5–10 percent in ...

You pull up to the pump and you are presented with a few choices, and we're not talking about different fuel types here. We're talking, of course, about octane ratings. Those are large figures at the ...