Astro_Al Posted March 21, 2006 Share Posted March 21, 2006 Howdy all - anyone know the typically available petrol in North and North-West Africa - Morocco, Mauritania, Senegal, Mali, Algeria etc etc? I need the available octane ratings to fingure out max compression ratio! I swear no-one else has this problem! Cheers, Al. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimAttrill Posted March 24, 2006 Share Posted March 24, 2006 Try asking the Italians on Africaland.it forum. They seem to travel in those areas a lot. Don't worry about posting in English or French. You will get a reply. A nice bunch of guys. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkieB Posted March 25, 2006 Share Posted March 25, 2006 I seem to recall Morocco had the equivalent of 4*, particularly good value far south, plus unleaded that must have been 92+ octane. HTH cheers Mark Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nutsaboutseries Posted February 19, 2007 Share Posted February 19, 2007 Most recent numbers i have are from 2004/2005. Probably be a a greater availability of unleaded grades now. what vehicle are you driving? you will have probelms if it has a catalytic converter fitted as these are not compatible with leade fuel. Algeria - 89 RON leaded, 96 RON leaded Morroco - 87 and 95 leaded Libya - 95 U/L Mauritania 91 RON U/L, 88 and 92 leaded Senegal - 87 and 95 leaded Tunisia - 89 and 96 leaded Hope that helps Cheers Ben Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris123 Posted February 25, 2007 Share Posted February 25, 2007 Just came back from driving to gambia about 4 weeks ago. Northern Morocco is pretty good for fuel, and you can get "super sans ploms" there which is about 95 octane unleaded, this dwindles out when you get into the western sahara where the last "super sans ploms" station is just on the way out of laayonne. After this point it's 4 star all the way. I wasn't too keen on filling up in Mauritania, and opted to fill up enough jerry cans in Morrocco to take us through the country, reasoning for this is that in Maurtania the fuel is more expensive, lower octane, dirty, and they fiddle the pumps! Senegal and gambia weren't too bad for fuel either, but we only filled up the once, and I can't remember the octane levels, but it was all leaded. One note about Senegal is that they're a bit sticky about letting cars over 5 years old into their country, so you may end up paying for an escort. Also cross at Diama, and not Rosso! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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