My Acura salesman told me that i can go ahead and pump octane 87 since i'm in California. The manual says premium. The salesman said that in California, 87 is the premium of all other states. Have you heard of this?
2006-08-08 08:21:02 · 11 answers · asked by Baconbits 3 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Car Makes ➔ Acura
Premium in some states is actually 89-91 octane. This is considered mid-grade in states with pollution regulations on the gas sold there. You could probabally get away with regular in CA, you will neeed to listen for pinging in your engine. To be safe run mid-grade most of the time with an ocassional tank of premium. The one thing your saleman didn;t tell you is that if you run a lesser grade of gasoline you will lose some mileage.
2006-08-08 08:28:12 · answer #1 · answered by soaplakegirl 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Its an Acura TSX... 87 Octane is ok. The mfg. recommends Premium Gasoline but its not really a big time performance car to warrant the cost of the premium.
The only thing that will happen is you might get a little knock in your engine at first, but as soon as that happens the ECU (cars computer) will pull timing, the knock will go away and it'll be fine. Odds are you won't even notice.
Go for it. For once the car salesman wasn't lying.
2006-08-08 17:01:08 · answer #2 · answered by dz 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
First of all, octane has NO effect on gas mileage. The reason why Acuras all recommend premium gas is that they have high compression engines. That compression ratio usually requires higher octane to not "knock". If you buy a tank of regular, and dont have knocking, then go ahead and use regular. I put regular in my RL. if you have knocking, then upgrade to Plus, and see if that stops the knocking. Sometimes you can fill halfway with regular, and top off with plus.
2006-08-08 17:16:36 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
well the reason you should put the higher stuff in your car is because it will keep the engine cleaner, and it will run to its full potential. The lower stuff in the newer cars, wont hurt it none now, but in the long run you may get engine knocking, crappy MPG due to the engine being dirty, and higher maintenance prices in the future. Run the good stuff and the car will be better. I drive a new bimmer and i never put anything less than supreme 93. I would also suggest changing out that crappy conventional oil and have the dealer put in synthetic oil. You will thank me later for the advice, plus you wont have to change the oil as much. I think like every 12000 miles???
2006-08-10 07:59:07 · answer #4 · answered by kram_7777 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
This salesman is blatantly lying to you. Octane rating is nation wide. But you may be wasting your money using higher octane gas if you don't experience spark-knock when using the cheaper stuff.
2006-08-09 02:06:35 · answer #5 · answered by wzzrd 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
In response to Patrick's answer, you will NOT get knocking in your engine. Why? Becuase the engine is equipped with a knock sensor that will retard the timing. The engine won't knock, but you will be running an enine at a significantly greater loss of power.
2006-08-09 10:29:51 · answer #6 · answered by Ryan Sng 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You can run 87 fine.
i run 87 in my integra
and in our v6 accord
Calif has the best gas octane wise.
2006-08-08 21:06:33 · answer #7 · answered by mommy2savannah51405 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The salesman is not lying. He doesn't make commission on gas. And he won't sell you something that won't work.
2006-08-09 19:16:55 · answer #8 · answered by FORDever 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Your salesman is lying. Go see a new one.
2006-08-09 11:27:59 · answer #9 · answered by Mike Hunt 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Use premium, more miles per gallon, also 87 maybe afect you catalic converter.
2006-08-08 15:48:42 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋