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01-27-2008, 08:02 AM
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What happens when you put less than the 93 octane gasoline into a 2003-S engine?? I haven't done it but I hate paying high gas prices more than anything
01-27-2008, 11:45 AM
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The difference between using 93 -vs- 89 octane gas is a mere 3-5 Dollars per fill up! If you cant stomach an extra 3-5 bucks per fill up, you have bought the wrong car my friend.....and should be in a civic! lol
02-06-2008, 01:00 PM
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Unless your taking your car to the dragstrip or you have engine compression modifications, I doubt you will notice a difference during normal driving. Your computer will compensate for that fuel. We use 89 octane and have had no adverse problems.
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Originally Posted by fuzzy02CLS
Nothing will happen other then reduced performance & gas mileage.
The money you save at fillup will be easily eaten away by the reduced mileage from lower octane fuel.
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Originally Posted by TOPHER33884
The difference between using 93 -vs- 89 octane gas is a mere 3-5 Dollars per fill up! If you cant stomach an extra 3-5 bucks per fill up, you have bought the wrong car my friend.....and should be in a civic! lol
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you guys are all wrong, after 3 days of driving when the fuel really gets into the system, it'll cause your injectors to stick, and fuel pump to fail. I recommend you drain all the gas and replace with high grade prem fuel b4 you cause engine/and major subcomponent damage. Take it from me, I'm a mechanic....
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I've owned my Acura for 5yrs now, and NEVER have I put 89 gas into it. I get a full 400 miles on a full tank of gas on Super Leaded, way better than 233 with 89 regular.
03-14-2008, 08:24 PM
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When it's hot out and the engine is more likely to ping, I put in 91. (I've never even thought to search for 93.) When it's cooler and for long trips, I use 89. I've kept track of the gas mileage EVERY TANK since I got my 2001 CL-S six years ago and never noticed an improvement with 91. (Octane is not a measure of how much energy gas contains.)
I'd be more worried about not using a Top Tier fuel or not adding something like Fuel Power 60, but I'm anal like that.
I'd be more worried about not using a Top Tier fuel or not adding something like Fuel Power 60, but I'm anal like that.
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