kramf411 Posted August 20, 2020 Share Posted August 20, 2020 6 minutes ago, bbf2530 said: Bottom line is the quality of the gas is extremely important. If your stumbling was caused by a fuel issue, it was due to fuel quality, not fuel octane. Or a failing fuel filter? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kramf411 Posted August 20, 2020 Share Posted August 20, 2020 14 hours ago, Multitask said: Hmm, I wonder if I can get better performance with the 100 octane I know about near me.... Please report if you do ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bbf2530 Posted August 20, 2020 Share Posted August 20, 2020 (edited) 11 minutes ago, kramf411 said: Or a failing fuel filter? Hi kramf. Yes, could also possibly be clogged fuel filter. Or a multitude of other issues. We were only trying to reassure Chris109 that whatever the problem was, it was not due to the 93 octane rating of the fuel he was using at the time (which is what he thought it may be). Hard to pin down the actual cause though, since Chris said it only happened once (or maybe twice), and he isn't even sure which MKZ it happened with (his 2013 or 2017). Hopefully it was a bad tank of gas and will not happen again. Good luck. Edited August 20, 2020 by bbf2530 kramf411 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zalvern Posted August 20, 2020 Share Posted August 20, 2020 (edited) 1 hour ago, bbf2530 said: Hi kramf. Yes, could also possibly be clogged fuel filter. Or a multitude of other issues. We were only trying to reassure Chris109 that whatever the problem was, it was not due to the 93 octane rating of the fuel he was using at the time (which is what he thought it may be). Hard to pin down the actual cause though, since Chris said it only happened once (or maybe twice), and he isn't even sure which MKZ it happened with (his 2013 or 2017). Hopefully it was a bad tank of gas and will not happen again. Good luck. I bet my bottom dollar it was a faulty EVAP purge value. Leading cause for "bad gas symptoms" which otherwise are really rare to happen in reality. Those purge value units were potentially faulty from manufacturing between 2012 to 2018, multiple engines, models and TSBs came out as a result. My 2014 2.0T Fusion suffered from it for a while. Edited August 20, 2020 by Zalvern Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Multitask Posted August 20, 2020 Share Posted August 20, 2020 4 hours ago, kramf411 said: Please report if you do ? Hehe.. twas a joke... I think they charge 10 bucks a gallon for it.... kramf411 and Robert Iggy Cerami 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert Iggy Cerami Posted August 20, 2020 Share Posted August 20, 2020 11 minutes ago, Multitask said: Hehe.. twas a joke... I think they charge 10 bucks a gallon for it.... It would be 20 in Calif ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Multitask Posted August 21, 2020 Share Posted August 21, 2020 16 hours ago, Robert Iggy Cerami said: It would be 20 in Calif ? Nah... not that much... gas is only 325 here for Regular... so 10 is about right.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris109 Posted August 21, 2020 Share Posted August 21, 2020 21 hours ago, bbf2530 said: Hi Art. Just wanted to let you know I wasn't losing my marbles...yet. ? Marble racing with 93 octane. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris109 Posted August 21, 2020 Share Posted August 21, 2020 On 8/19/2020 at 7:37 PM, bbf2530 said: Hi Art. Was in a hurry this morning, but that was what I was stating, in a convoluted way. Full HP rating (I wrote "improved performance") is obtained with premium fuel. So Chris109's stumbling problem was not caused by using 93 octane. It was either bad gas or another problem. Good luck. Without really wracking my brain, eh hem, I'm starting to believe it was my '13 that it happened to. In a thread from a previous year, I stated I was heading south and miscalculated from where I filled up and when I left. I just about coasted into a station in Balt ( I started in Albany, NY) when I realized I was even below empty, running on fumes. That is where I filled up with 93 octane. And every time I stopped along I95, the car had problems with acceleration. So, it must have been gas or just crap from the tank making it's way into the filter. It never did it again. And I do not care about HP. I just want the best mpg so I don't need to stop as often. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert Iggy Cerami Posted August 21, 2020 Share Posted August 21, 2020 4 hours ago, Multitask said: Nah... not that much... gas is only 325 here for Regular... so 10 is about right.... Was also being funny, do you also live in CA ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drolds1 Posted August 21, 2020 Share Posted August 21, 2020 On 8/20/2020 at 11:38 AM, bbf2530 said: Hi Art. Just wanted to let you know I wasn't losing my marbles...yet. ? Good. That makes one of us. This morning I kept the cardboard toilet paper tube and threw the spindle from the holder into the wastebasket. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MKZMark Posted August 21, 2020 Share Posted August 21, 2020 I'd call the power on the 2.0t "adequate". You can bomb down the turnpike at 90-100 without breaking a sweat. It's perfectly respectable power and if you've been driving for 4 plus decades you appreciate how far cars have come. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Multitask Posted August 21, 2020 Share Posted August 21, 2020 4 hours ago, Robert Iggy Cerami said: Was also being funny, do you also live in CA ? Los Angeles area.... Wishing I was not in Calif.... Robert Iggy Cerami 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert Iggy Cerami Posted August 21, 2020 Share Posted August 21, 2020 23 minutes ago, Multitask said: Los Angeles area.... Wishing I was not in Calif.... So Bay Torrance- Redondo Beach Area.. I have several more years before I call it quits and move up to Oregon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Multitask Posted August 23, 2020 Share Posted August 23, 2020 I'm near Pasadena I've worked for 2 places near PCH and El Segundo, and one place on Jefferson in Playa Del Rey... I almost lived in Hermosa Beach, if I was still at the job in El Segundo, I would be. ? Robert Iggy Cerami 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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