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      11-05-2019, 08:00 PM   #9
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Originally Posted by JBF650 View Post
Perhaps there is a difference regionally .... 98 octane here in Australia is Ultra premium unleaded , 95 is premium and 91 is regular then there is an 89 ethanol blend...
So my Shark always gets ultra premium unleaded, in fact all my cars have always had 98 ....
The formula for measuring octane is different regionally. So in America regular is 87, mid-grade is 89, and premium is 93, unless you live in California where it's 91 because of their wonderful lawmakers who seem to despise the internal combustion engine.
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