Repeatedly Running On A Low Tank?

Yup. He. Last time I checked anyway.

 

Well, typically (particularly pre-OBD2) there is a LIMITED amount of
spark retard available.

 

Also, PRE-IGNITION due to hot carbon is NOT addressed by engine
computere.(but is also not very effectively handled by higher octane).

My THEORY is that the octane requirements go up, and EVENTUALLY the
carbon situation gets bad enough to cause pre-ignition.(high-test or
not) Generally the shop sees the car shortly thereafter --------.

 

I had a BAD knocking problem in my Corolla GTS ~120,000 miles, and I had
always run what I thought was decent grades of Premium fuel. I would run a
bottle of Techron, and then two tanks, and then another bottle of Techron,
and it would go away for a year or two.

 

Well, that's basically what it boils down to, doesn't it? I post something
I did and the results, and you say it's impossible. I had the data to back
it up, and you're talking out your ass.

Smarten up and maybe I'll behave.

 

LOL! I'm generally a 'professional' unless someone tells me something I
did couldn't be done!

Ah, Right outside Kitchener. I went to Kitchener once, but I spent a good
deal of time in Oshawa (like, IMMEDIATELY behind the GM plant) and Toronto
back through the 80's and the early '90's.

My Supra came from a Toyota dealer on Queen St...?

 

LOL! I thought without the 'i' you might not be a woman...

 

Short for Clarence.
A not uncommon spelling in these parts.

 

If a repair is completed under warranty, the manufacture determines what
reimbursement rate paid, not the dealer.

If you are going to have the work done at a Toyota dealership, find one that
is dueled with a domestic brand and have the work done in the domestic
brands shop. They can still get you Toyota parts but the domestic brands
shop rate will be a lot lower. At least 20% lower in my experience when I
was buying Lexus LSs

 

In most twinned dealerships here the labour rate depends on the car,
not the bay it is worked on.

 

That must be a Canadian thing, it surely was not the case in our
mega-dealerships

 

I've seen this at more than one repair location, dealer or not. I once
need an oil pan replaced. The front pipe had to come off to replace it
as part of a 3 hour job. The pipe was old and needed replacement, no
problem with that. But, the slime mechanic/owner was going to charge
me for the pipe work in addition to the pan work even though the pan
job already included removing and reinstalling the pipe.

I went elsewhere and never went back to that shop.

 

I depends on what one defines as low. I regularly drive until the
needle on the gauge is right over the "E" line, and I have never taken
more than 15.7 gallons. The '04 accord manual calls for a fuel tank
capacity of 17.12 US gallons.