I think what Mike was trying to say was: yes you can use 87; but the engine will knock. Spark knock will burn holes into the top of the pistons.
This isn't as big a problem as it once was, today's trucks have computers that will dial back the spark timing and let the engine operate with a lower possibility of knocking.
And I know you know that.
What Mike was trying to point out was that yes the computer will retard the timing when the knock sensors hear knocking; but, the knock has to have occured before the computer changes the timing. You may not hear it, or feel it; but a knock has occured
And, how often will the process repeat? i don't know, I'm sure it's a number of times in a driving cycle. Maybe the program locks down the timing after a set number of occurrences per drive; I don't know what the program specs are.
But at any rate, using 87 gas will cause knocking that you do not want to have.
Your gas is cheaper than Canadian gas; but even up here the extra cost is worth it in my opinion.
This isn't as big a problem as it once was, today's trucks have computers that will dial back the spark timing and let the engine operate with a lower possibility of knocking.
And I know you know that.
What Mike was trying to point out was that yes the computer will retard the timing when the knock sensors hear knocking; but, the knock has to have occured before the computer changes the timing. You may not hear it, or feel it; but a knock has occured
And, how often will the process repeat? i don't know, I'm sure it's a number of times in a driving cycle. Maybe the program locks down the timing after a set number of occurrences per drive; I don't know what the program specs are.
But at any rate, using 87 gas will cause knocking that you do not want to have.
Your gas is cheaper than Canadian gas; but even up here the extra cost is worth it in my opinion.
