I drove to Wales and back this weekend (doing rallying, hence no Gayden visit). Anyway, on the way there I was running normal Super-unleaded, as always, without octane booster and was running either 1.25bar or 1.45bar, with no problems.
On the way back I couldn't get 97 Octane anywhere, so had to fill with 95 Octane. OK, no problem I thought, I'll stick in a bottle of Octane Booster (I keep a box in the boot in case). I put the full bottle in (as reccomended), thinking that 95 plus Octane Booster must be as good as 97 Octane.
Drving back, on same roads, same conditions as previous drive, I get Power FC flashing the dashboard detonation warning light, every time when running 1.45bar and once when running 1.25bar.
My Unscientific Conclusion: Octane Booster is a waste of time.
I'm sure some people will have reasons to disagree, but the results surprised me a lot and backed up the posts in 'the other octane thread' (mainly from mycroft) that Octane Booster is not all it's cracked up as.
Guy
On the way back I couldn't get 97 Octane anywhere, so had to fill with 95 Octane. OK, no problem I thought, I'll stick in a bottle of Octane Booster (I keep a box in the boot in case). I put the full bottle in (as reccomended), thinking that 95 plus Octane Booster must be as good as 97 Octane.
Drving back, on same roads, same conditions as previous drive, I get Power FC flashing the dashboard detonation warning light, every time when running 1.45bar and once when running 1.25bar.
My Unscientific Conclusion: Octane Booster is a waste of time.
I'm sure some people will have reasons to disagree, but the results surprised me a lot and backed up the posts in 'the other octane thread' (mainly from mycroft) that Octane Booster is not all it's cracked up as.
Guy