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Q: suddenly without warning neville madden exclaimed 12/15/2008 845 pm they also replaced the pcv valve and did a fuel service - lots of carbon on the throttle body - likely from that horrific opal gas i was forced to use sometimes in australia. curious as to what horrific opal gas i was forced to use sometimes in australia. all i know is that we have e10 standard 93 ron ulp plus 10% ethylene standard ulp ron 93 premium ulp -about 98 ron neville casino nsw australia opal is a supposedly non-sniffable petrol they are forcing stations to use in the nt because of well the petrol-sniffing problems in some areas. they keep saying it wont hurt engines but they finally had to admit it will hurt old engines prior to 1976 and theres still quite a few of them on the road in the nt. when i put opal in my truck i saw an immediate loss of power and at least a 3mpg loss of mileage sorry i never did learn to measure petrol efficiency the australian way. i didnt realize it was the opal at first and was told by one station when i described the trucks symptoms that id need new sparks and a fuel service. a second station immediately asked if i was using opal and when i said i was told me to simply stop using opal and the problems would go away. i did and they did. but sometimes i was forced to use it because premium petrol wasnt available especially at outback roadhouses. dunno if it was the opal that caused a lot of carbon or if it was just time. oh and opal being non-sniffable my trusted mechanic said that very quickly they learned that you could put styrofoam in opal and it become sniffable - probably from the styro rather than the fuel but still. and petrol sniffers also stepped up theft of petrol from vehicles or simply purchased premium instead. http//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/opalfuel little surprised you havent heard about it but nsw is a long way from the nt jmc .

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From : neville madden

suddenly without warning neville madden exclaimed 12/15/2008 845 pm they also replaced the pcv valve and did a fuel service - lots of carbon on the throttle body - likely from that horrific opal gas i was forced to use sometimes in australia. curious as to what horrific opal gas i was forced to use sometimes in australia. all i know is that we have e10 standard 93 ron ulp plus 10% ethylene standard ulp ron 93 premium ulp -about 98 ron neville casino nsw australia opal is a supposedly non-sniffable petrol they are forcing stations to use in the nt because of well the petrol-sniffing problems in some areas. they keep saying it wont hurt engines but they finally had to admit it will hurt old engines prior to 1976 and theres still quite a few of them on the road in the nt. when i put opal in my truck i saw an immediate loss of power and at least a 3mpg loss of mileage sorry i never did learn to measure petrol efficiency the australian way. i didnt realize it was the opal at first and was told by one station when i described the trucks symptoms that id need new sparks and a fuel service. a second station immediately asked if i was using opal and when i said i was told me to simply stop using opal and the problems would go away. i did and they did. but sometimes i was forced to use it because premium petrol wasnt available especially at outback roadhouses. dunno if it was the opal that caused a lot of carbon or if it was just time. oh and opal being non-sniffable my trusted mechanic said that very quickly they learned that you could put styrofoam in opal and it become sniffable - probably from the styro rather than the fuel but still. and petrol sniffers also stepped up theft of petrol from vehicles or simply purchased premium instead. http//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/opalfuel little surprised you havent heard about it but nsw is a long way from the nt jmc thanks for the interesting reply. now i understand what you are talking about. the auto associations here are starting to say that putting e10 10% ethlylene fuel in the tank is wasting money as over any sort of long drive the cost savings soon fall behind the extra fuel used because of the lower energy output. and as you well know - long drives here are normal!!! enjoy christmas and have a happy and safe new year neville casino nsw australia .