Ethanol-free gas question
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Ethanol-free gas question
So, a gas station down the street from my house recently started carrying ethanol-free gas.
The problem: they only carry it in one grade, mid-grade (89octane). My question is would this be appropriate for the s2k? I understand it should only be fed 91 octane & up (premium), but would the lack of ethanol make up for it?
Btw- the ethanol midi-grade is 4.25 per gallon
The problem: they only carry it in one grade, mid-grade (89octane). My question is would this be appropriate for the s2k? I understand it should only be fed 91 octane & up (premium), but would the lack of ethanol make up for it?
Btw- the ethanol midi-grade is 4.25 per gallon
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A stock s2k can and will run fine on as low as 87 octane, but I wouldn't go out of my way to use 89 octane ethanol-free over 91+ octane with some ethanol in it. Just use premium like Honda recommends.
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So, a gas station down the street from my house recently started carrying ethanol-free gas.
The problem: they only carry it in one grade, mid-grade (89octane). My question is would this be appropriate for the s2k? I understand it should only be fed 91 octane & up (premium), but would the lack of ethanol make up for it?
Btw- the ethanol midi-grade is 4.25 per gallon
The problem: they only carry it in one grade, mid-grade (89octane). My question is would this be appropriate for the s2k? I understand it should only be fed 91 octane & up (premium), but would the lack of ethanol make up for it?
Btw- the ethanol midi-grade is 4.25 per gallon
Frankly, I don't know. Many cars have knock sensors which will automatically retard the timing for less than appropriate octane. I don't know if this is true of the S. But if that is the case, then the only thing you would be giving up is some performance by running sub-optimal conditions.
Personally, I would give priority to the octane rating instead of etoh. Having said that, I use 92 alcohol-free.
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Originally Posted by VinDieselJetta' timestamp='1335720256' post='21653249
So, a gas station down the street from my house recently started carrying ethanol-free gas.
The problem: they only carry it in one grade, mid-grade (89octane). My question is would this be appropriate for the s2k? I understand it should only be fed 91 octane & up (premium), but would the lack of ethanol make up for it?
Btw- the ethanol midi-grade is 4.25 per gallon
The problem: they only carry it in one grade, mid-grade (89octane). My question is would this be appropriate for the s2k? I understand it should only be fed 91 octane & up (premium), but would the lack of ethanol make up for it?
Btw- the ethanol midi-grade is 4.25 per gallon
Frankly, I don't know. Many cars have knock sensors which will automatically retard the timing for less than appropriate octane. I don't know if this is true of the S. But if that is the case, then the only thing you would be giving up is some performance by running sub-optimal conditions.
Personally, I would give priority to the octane rating instead of etoh. Having said that, I use 92 alcohol-free.
You'd buy ethanol free gas to get better mpg, but I'm not sure 89 ethanol free will show you that. Car is going to adjust timing/a/f etc to protect the motor. Producing less power and likely burn more gas.
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