2006-10-20 14:14:34 · 12 answers · asked by artistray 1 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Maintenance & Repairs
It is highly unlikely you will see any difference except in the wallet. Read your book, and use the octane level they recommend, anything higher is a waste. I assume your car has not been modified, and runs fine on regular. I had a Chevy with milled down heads, and had to use mid-grade or it ran poorly.
2006-10-20 14:20:09 · answer #1 · answered by Fred C 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not if it was made for regular. The difference between the grades of gas is for stability under compression. If regular gas is used in a high compression engine, it will light up from the heat of compression before the spark plug fires. The engine will ping or rattle. Higher octane gas will withstand that higher heat resulting from compression, and only burn when the plug fires. So if you don't have a ping or rattle at full throttle, and the engine doesn't diesel (run on) after you turn it off, you have gas that's good enough. Higher octane gas isn't "more powerful" or "cleaner", it's merely more stable in higher compression engines.
2006-10-20 21:39:42 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Probably not, is what I hear all over the place. Unless your users manual specifies that you should use midgrade, regular gas should be fine; the extra octane doesn't give you a boost, it just gets puffed out your tailpipe - and burns the cash right out of your wallet!
2006-10-20 21:17:30 · answer #3 · answered by kundalinicat 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The Honda is made to run on regular gas. The best thing you can do for it is to add a can of fuel injector cleaner to the gas tank when you change the oil. Mid-grade or premium only hays the oil companies.
2006-10-20 21:20:25 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, it won't improve the performance of your car. This is a misinterpreted assumption that the higher grade is necessary for improvement of car performance. The only engines that truly need higher grade fuel is a turbo engine. However, if your engine does knock, you can remedy this with higher grade fuel.
2006-10-20 21:21:51 · answer #5 · answered by dadeda2679 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The higher octane in a mid or premium gas will definitely make your car run better because it cleans your fuel jets better and accelerates the burning of the fuel more efficiently. I use premium in my car because it calls for it and also because I get better gas mileage.
2006-10-20 21:26:31 · answer #6 · answered by polecat 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no. engines are engineered to operate on a certain grade of fuel. if your engine's made to run on regular gas, filling it with premium won't do anything for you performance wise, unless you've done somethng like fit it with a high compression engine that actually requires a higher grade of fuel
2006-10-20 22:45:42 · answer #7 · answered by assmouth p 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If the owner's manual says to use regular grade gas, use it. The higher octane won't do anything except cost you more.
2006-10-20 21:17:53 · answer #8 · answered by kids and cats 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
yes! esp if it is a fairly nice car
using the regualr isnt the best for it, midgrade will keep it running longer
2006-10-20 21:23:42 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
depending if its turbo or not if it was turbo then go with midgrade otherwise regular is perfect and it doesnt do anything performence wise
2006-10-20 21:22:36 · answer #10 · answered by Peter C 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋