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Lower octane means easier starts? 850 96

posted by  someone claiming to be Mark on  Tue Nov 28 06:15 CST 2000 [RELATED]

I was told by my Volvo dealer today that I should use 87 octane gasoline in my car as it is easier to combust and would provide a more reliable start (I had come in after the car would not start a couple days ago but had since been OK). Is this fact or fairytale? I am more up on my diesel technology and was able to figure this one out. Also, if this engine has a high (10.5:1?) compression ratio isn't it going to ping under load with the low octance fuel as opposed to the owners manual specified super grade stuff?





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