Hello all, i just bought a 03 TL type S yesterday and was woundering what the fuel octane requrement for it was?
ps. don't have the owner's manual to look it up

 

highest octane available in your area.

dont be cheap on gas just to save $2 a tank.

/thread.

 

thank you that is what i figured but it did not say anything about it on the fuel door or dash, and that is what i put in it

 

^ thats interesting, i am almost sure it says put 91 octane or higher in the fuel door. read your owners manual, it says it in there.

 

first post says i don't have the owner's manual

 

Some members here have reported lower octane actually decreases fuel efficiency to the point where it's actually cheaper to use premium.

 

You can also register your car on acura.com where you'll have online access to the owner's manual.

 

thank you and i'm going there right now

 

pics of this said car?

you saidhyou bought it yesterday and its already bolted up with comptech and a lip kit?
must got it from somebody who used to come here...

 

the free owner book link- click year then model
https://techinfo.honda.com/rjanisis/...01_OMANUAL.asp
also register with acura as new owner 1-800-382-2238x5
ask if any recalls still need to be taken care of

 

i did buy it from somebody with the stuff already on it but do not know if he was on here, trying to figure out how to post pics

 

there is a section iirc in FAQ on how to post- or search post pictures
You put them on a webhost like imageshack- then make a post here and copy the links to 'display pic on thread'
put that link in your post and the pic automatically appears

 

not the best though

 

Premium, Super, whatever it is called out in your area.

Recently I let my mom use my car for the day and she thought she was being nice so she put gas in my car for me. She put regular in. I ended up having a decrease of 30 miles from that tank.

 

It does, it says Premium Unleaded Fuel ONLY. . . in the fuel door.

 

Mine even says it on the gauges.

 

Yeah, it's on the fuel door.

 

"Premium Unleaded Fuel ONLY" on the fuel door on mine. There has been a lot of discussion on pros and cons of this in the past. I just stick with premium in the short time I have owned this car.

 

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All my car has ever seen is Ultra 94 from sunoco (94 octane is the highest you can get in Ontario). My suggestion, put the best gas in, I notice a difference from when my car is running 91 octane and 94 octane.

 

well i guess mine is one that does not say it on the fuel door and it does not say anything on the gauges. yeah we only have 91 in colorado (stupid gas stations) so that whats i put in it from Shell

 

Well V-Power is the best gas out there IMO. I used that a couple times and my car ran GREAT!

 

shell uses the same transport lines for their gasoline that multiple other big oil companies use...

(V-Power) is splashing and mixing around with texaco, chevron, techron, bp and even mom and pop no brand stores as we speak.

brand means nothing unless it is an Ethanol/non-ethanol difference...
and of curse diff. octanes are transported seperately. but not brands...

learned this long ago.

 

^ wish we had completely ethanol free gas, then my egr ports wont get clogged every 2 seconds

 

It would still happen. We dont have it mine still clog. Using seafoam really reduces it though.

 

First the govt was convinced--several years/decades ago that this new stuff would be the miracle thing for adding to gas--and mandated its use

Then they were told that MTBE sucked--when they figured out it was polluting the groundwater and killing the Earth--ooops--had to discontinue its use
and the new thing to use was food~ dededeeeeee

Ethanol replaced MTBE at the max dilution amount car makers say the engine will still run on-10%
Car runs much worse and leaves behind more crud in the engine and a different issue of pollution
Why wont acura make a real hybrid or cylinder shutdown system??