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Curt	01-05-12 08:27

Running on low octane fuel

As a newbie, maybe this has been asked before, but we intend travelling through Asia and accross to the UK on 2009 XT660r's (fuel injected). We have done Vietnam and some of Thailand on hire scooters, and some of the fuel is a bit dubious in octane rating, and I know parts of India, Pakistan, etc fuel quality is sus. How do others get by using low octane fuel, I know other XT660R riders have been through there. Octane booster? Any help appreciated.

Woottonboy

01-05-12 10:22

Opal: Northern Territory Australia

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Originally Posted by Curt (Post 172115)

In my trip two years ago across the northern territory in Australia they only sell OPAL (which stands for something or other) but it was developed so that Aboriginals couldn't sniff it to get high and fry their brain cells. The octane rating is something like 90 (or less) and my XT struggled on it (no guts and ran rough), you end up getting about 1/3 less total range than on premium unleaded.

Curt	01-05-12 15:00

Low octane fuel

Thanks Wootonboy, that doesn't sound good. I went through there myself in 07 and 08 on a Harley, it didn't like Opal either, but I put some octane booster in the tank when I filled up, it seemed to help, but I was after a more permanent fix, like some way of changing the timing or something to compensate.

mrfijjitt

01-05-12 17:28

I might be wrong in thinking this would help with octane issues.
A kev fuel mod changes the A/F ratio.
It helped me across spain when the engine would run different up in the hills.
A little tweak to make it run leaner and sorted.

I don't know, does changing A/F help with crap fuel?

slick

23-11-12 11:39

Hey there,
I rode my XTR through central asia 4 years ago, and the fuel wend down to 83 octane if I recall correctly. I was concerned, but the bike never missed a beat, and had no problems afterwards all the way to New Zealand.
Nick

Kev	24-11-12 08:13

Fit an adjustable fuel mod + a O2 controller to richen up the closed loop circuit & you will be fine.

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