Gas rating (6)
I believe the answer is:
octane
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">gas rating</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(I've seen this in another clue)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is all the clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for octane that I've seen before include "chemical" , "Ingredient of petroleum" , "A liquid hydrocarbon found in petroleum" , "Flammable hydrocarbon - at once (anag)" , "One cat with hydrocarbon compound occurring in petrol" .)