 fuel question, regular fuel against hi-octane fuel |
 Oct 3, 2005 - 10:47 AM
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Enthusiast Joined Oct 3, '05 From Japan Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%)  |
well... ive been driving my SS-III (which i assume has the 3S-GE engine) for over a year and a half now, and only recently did i realise that the petrol cap says "ONLY HI-OCTANE FUEL"... and ive been using regular the entire time...
is that like... really bad? is it worth changing to hi-oc from now on? (ps. when i first got the car my japanese wasnt so good, so it took me a while to actually be able to read that warning  so im only half a retard...)
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Oct 3, 2005 - 9:47 PM
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 Enthusiast  Joined Apr 18, '05 From Lincoln, Ar Currently Offline Reputation: 7 (100%) |
Your cheap stuff is the regular stuff in Japan. what you call cheap is actually high octane. If your going any higher than that, than you must be driving a Jet to work!
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Oct 4, 2005 - 7:26 AM
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 Enthusiast Joined Oct 10, '03 From Wichita, KS Currently Offline Reputation: 5 (100%) |
QUOTE(soulshadow @ Oct 3, 2005 - 9:47 PM) Your cheap stuff is the regular stuff in Japan. what you call cheap is actually high octane. If your going any higher than that, than you must be driving a Jet to work! [right][snapback]340850[/snapback][/right] He is in Japan... LOW - US 87(RON + MON /2) equals Japan's 92(RON) MID - US 89(RON + MON /2) equals Japan's 94(RON) HIGH - US 91(RON + MON /2) equals Japan's 96(RON) --------------------  Project ST204.5 99.88946% complete... |
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Oct 4, 2005 - 10:08 AM
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Enthusiast Joined Oct 3, '05 From Japan Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
QUOTE(WannabeGT4 @ Oct 4, 2005 - 7:26 AM) He is in Japan... LOW - US 87(RON + MON /2) equals Japan's 92(RON) MID - US 89(RON + MON /2) equals Japan's 94(RON) HIGH - US 91(RON + MON /2) equals Japan's 96(RON) [right][snapback]340940[/snapback][/right] when you say "equals, do you mean that its the same... meaning that Japans 92 is the same fuel as the low octane US fuel? if so, that makes japanese fuel pretty bad... All these points are true, however i am driving a Japanese Celica, which was designed in Japan for Japanese fuel, and so regardless of how US fuels compare, im wondering if im doing serious damage to my car by only using regular Japanese fuel instead of hi-octane. And if, after 1 and a half years driving with regular, the damage already done is unrepariable, and so i might aswell just continue with regular fuel... or on the other hand, would changing to hi-octane remedy any problems and improve the engine working back to its best state... not the clearest of posts, but i hope someone understands 
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junkmate fuel question Oct 3, 2005 - 10:47 AM
Punch 'the cheap gas in Japan is the good stuff over... Oct 3, 2005 - 11:09 AM junkmate ok - that makes me feel a bit better.
so would you... Oct 3, 2005 - 11:11 AM WannabeGT4 Americans with the 5SFE and 7AFE can use 87 octane... Oct 3, 2005 - 11:53 AM
WannabeGT4 Yup. Pretty much the same. It's just rated dif... Oct 4, 2005 - 10:43 AM
junkmate I see your point. I guess ill start using hi-octan... Oct 5, 2005 - 2:34 AM |
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