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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? |
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Re: yikees
Requires a certain detonation?
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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
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Re: yikees
I remember I put mid-grade in mine and the car hated me.
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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
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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.
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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 |
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Re: yikees
Run it dry of the regular + octane..then put premium and nothing but that
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Re: yikees
will do will do.
how much are you guys paying for gas? its about $1.25 a liter here |
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Re: yikees
4.20ish/gal
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Re: yikees
a gallon is 4 liters? yes i did horrible in school
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Re: yikees
Just put octane booster in now to compensate for the regular, and then after this tank is used, stick with premium.
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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.
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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
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Re: yikees
Add Toluene?
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