Oh Crap, just put regular in my tank!
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gas of all types is not always available when traveling, so over time i have used regular in all my cars that call for premium, yet to see any problems. i am not arguing with theory here or statistics, just experience.
if the originator of this thread wants to add octane booster then why shouldn't he....he will feel better. if the guy who says no one can run regular in his car without serious consequences then he is entitled to his opinion. if the guy who uses only regluar for 78,000 miles is really doing that, then he is a lucky guy who is proving his point with real world experience....after all this is the internet.
i am yet to run regular in my honda, but if i need to i will not hesitate, i will just put in what i need to get to the next opportunity and then fill with premium. i think that approach is a practical real world one to go by.
i have tried regular in a car that took super...and i found the car(not my honda) had less power, seemed to ping under load just a little bit, and my mileage was just a little off. just wanted to see what would happen, and it was a 2001 car so my experience is recent.
if the originator of this thread wants to add octane booster then why shouldn't he....he will feel better. if the guy who says no one can run regular in his car without serious consequences then he is entitled to his opinion. if the guy who uses only regluar for 78,000 miles is really doing that, then he is a lucky guy who is proving his point with real world experience....after all this is the internet.
i am yet to run regular in my honda, but if i need to i will not hesitate, i will just put in what i need to get to the next opportunity and then fill with premium. i think that approach is a practical real world one to go by.
i have tried regular in a car that took super...and i found the car(not my honda) had less power, seemed to ping under load just a little bit, and my mileage was just a little off. just wanted to see what would happen, and it was a 2001 car so my experience is recent.
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Originally Posted by S2k909,Jul 20 2005, 12:36 AM
Ok, so I got distracted at the local gas station talking with, basically the hottest girl I've ever seen, and I accidently put regular unleaded to my S.
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Originally Posted by Squeezer,Jul 20 2005, 10:00 AM
I'm never planning to get rid of my S2k. I plan on keeping it forever, so having pity on a buyer for it used really holds no water. And with 78k miles of 87 on it and no problems, I hav eno worries that 87 is bad for it, if it was, something would of happened by now, especially since almost everytime I drive it I wind it up to 9k.
who are you to say if I deserve this car or not? just because you are a fellow s2k owner, that doesn't give you any right to say what I deserve or not.
who are you to say if I deserve this car or not? just because you are a fellow s2k owner, that doesn't give you any right to say what I deserve or not.
There is no logical reason for running a gas that isn't recommended by Honda.
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From: Granville OH
Originally Posted by Wisconsin S2k,Jul 20 2005, 10:27 PM
Again, explain to me what logical reason you have to save probably less than $2 per tank of gas.
I doubt that your local S2000 friend scored his cylinder by just cruising down the highway. Frequent heavy acceleration with low octane fuel in a high compression engine can cause predetonation, and in time lead to damage. Conservative driving won't. It isn't the octane of the gas that causes the damage. It's the hot spots caused by increased temperatures due to predetonation.
And there have been countless owners that have scored cylinders that have used nothing but high octane fuel. I haven't seen the piston, so you'll have to convince me the low octane fuel caused the scored cylinder.
My daily driver is supposed to take 89 octane minimum fuel. It has never seen fuel higher than 87 octane, and I have 256,000 miles on it.
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Originally Posted by slalom44,Jul 20 2005, 10:11 PM
If your engine is not knocking, no damage is done regardless of the octane of the gas. And your sarcasm doesn't change that.
I doubt that your local S2000 friend scored his cylinder by just cruising down the highway. Frequent heavy acceleration with low octane fuel in a high compression engine can cause predetonation, and in time lead to damage. Conservative driving won't. It isn't the octane of the gas that causes the damage. It's the hot spots caused by increased temperatures due to predetonation.
And there have been countless owners that have scored cylinders that have used nothing but high octane fuel. I haven't seen the piston, so you'll have to convince me the low octane fuel caused the scored cylinder.
My daily driver is supposed to take 89 octane minimum fuel. It has never seen fuel higher than 87 octane, and I have 256,000 miles on it.
I doubt that your local S2000 friend scored his cylinder by just cruising down the highway. Frequent heavy acceleration with low octane fuel in a high compression engine can cause predetonation, and in time lead to damage. Conservative driving won't. It isn't the octane of the gas that causes the damage. It's the hot spots caused by increased temperatures due to predetonation.
And there have been countless owners that have scored cylinders that have used nothing but high octane fuel. I haven't seen the piston, so you'll have to convince me the low octane fuel caused the scored cylinder.
My daily driver is supposed to take 89 octane minimum fuel. It has never seen fuel higher than 87 octane, and I have 256,000 miles on it.
so yeah, freeway cruising conservative driving is far less likely to cause detonation, and I understand your point there.
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The same questions have been posted on the NSX forums. A few people run regular gas on NSXs when premium is also recommended.
To me the risk of damaging the engine is simply not worth the few dollars saved. Whether it's an NSX or a S2000, I think it's pretty smart to spend a few more dollars on premium gas to get the maximum performance and the reliability engineered into the engine.
To me the risk of damaging the engine is simply not worth the few dollars saved. Whether it's an NSX or a S2000, I think it's pretty smart to spend a few more dollars on premium gas to get the maximum performance and the reliability engineered into the engine.