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stickyfinguhz 03-15-2012 10:08 AM

yikees
 
my dad put in regular. is this horrible or will i survive?
whats the deal with premium only? i know alot of cars say recommended
and i know if u choose premium its better anyways. but what if regular is put into the svx?

Chuckls 03-15-2012 10:15 AM

Re: yikees
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by stickyfinguhz (Post 699652)
my dad put in regular. is this horrible or will i survive?
whats the deal with premium only? i know alot of cars say recommended
and i know if u choose premium its better anyways. but what if regular is put into the svx?

Requires a certain detonation?

stickyfinguhz 03-15-2012 10:18 AM

Re: yikees
 
oh so if it is on regular, it could not fire up? i havent had a problem but its only been like 24 hours

Chuckls 03-15-2012 10:20 AM

Re: yikees
 
I remember I put mid-grade in mine and the car hated me.

stickyfinguhz 03-15-2012 10:31 AM

Re: yikees
 
yeah i dont want that! well as long as a full tank of regular wont kill it lol i will be nicer to it than my dad. free gas was nice of him though :o

icingdeath88 03-15-2012 10:35 AM

Re: yikees
 
Octane booster??

Some SVXes are able to handle regular and do ok. Some don't. If it seems to be handling it ok, take it easy on it and don't push it too hard. If it's not handling it well, try adding some octane booster. They sell it at auto parts stores.

stickyfinguhz 03-15-2012 10:39 AM

Re: yikees
 
sorry im such a newbie loll so regular and an octane booster? or just always use premium? do u need to use this booster everytime u fill up? might as well make sure premium is put in everytime i would think (financially).
and can i put in premium with say half a tank of regular? or should i try and let it run close to empty? i like to keep a half a tank of gas no matter what

Chuckls 03-15-2012 10:42 AM

Re: yikees
 
Run it dry of the regular + octane..then put premium and nothing but that

stickyfinguhz 03-15-2012 10:49 AM

Re: yikees
 
will do will do.
how much are you guys paying for gas? its about $1.25 a liter here

Chuckls 03-15-2012 10:53 AM

Re: yikees
 
4.20ish/gal

stickyfinguhz 03-15-2012 10:54 AM

Re: yikees
 
a gallon is 4 liters? yes i did horrible in school

icingdeath88 03-15-2012 10:55 AM

Re: yikees
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by stickyfinguhz (Post 699663)
and can i put in premium with say half a tank of regular? or should i try and let it run close to empty? i like to keep a half a tank of gas no matter what

Just put octane booster in now to compensate for the regular, and then after this tank is used, stick with premium.

92snowmachine 03-15-2012 02:13 PM

Re: yikees
 
you can buy regular for $3.19/gallon in denver. read the octane booster to make sure you don't use too much of it. sometimes they are meant to treat large tanks so you may only need half a bottle.

1986nate 03-15-2012 06:52 PM

Re: yikees
 
Octane booster won't help. Read the fine print and you'll realize you need to add about 20 bottles of that junk to actually raise the octane enough. 1 octane "point"=.1 octane

Huskymaniac 03-16-2012 06:04 AM

Re: yikees
 
Add Toluene?


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