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Old May 4, 2012 | 07:13 AM
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which gas do you put in your tl?? mine is 07 tl n i put 87 but some do 91 is there a differece?? please poll
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Old May 4, 2012 | 07:14 AM
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Premium only for me.
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Old May 4, 2012 | 07:16 AM
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Originally Posted by Westside_TL
which gas do you put in your tl?? mine is 07 tl n i put 87 but some do 91 is there a differece?? please poll
you are getting LESS power and LESS fuel economy with 87 octane.

Hope you enjoy your savings.
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Old May 4, 2012 | 07:27 AM
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OP, you do realize our cars require premium gas, right? it says so right on the fuel door.

use 91 if you have to, but 93 if you can. don't use 87.

i use shell V POWAR 93 bc V POWAR is V TEC.
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Old May 4, 2012 | 07:54 AM
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OP, you do realize our cars require premium gas, right? it says so right on the fuel door.

use 91 if you have to, but 93 if you can. don't use 87.

i use shell V POWAR 93 bc V POWAR is V TEC.
Same, I won't get gas unless the station offers 93 (my normal joint is a Raceway/Sunoco since they offer 93 and like 100, I believe, its some higher octane). I have never once put below 93 in my TL-S.
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Old May 4, 2012 | 07:55 AM
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all our local stations stopped carrying 93 octain right when I bought my TL. Only option for me now is 91.

We even had 94 available at a few places. right when about everybody locally had thier cars tuned with it, they took it away, lol. Now everybody has thier shit tuned with e85 and theres only 2 pumps left locally...dissapearing fast. Glad i didnt bother converting.
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Old May 4, 2012 | 08:08 AM
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91 or 93 only from Shell, Mobil, or Sunoco for me.

87 is not a good look for the reasons that Justn pointed out above.
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Old May 4, 2012 | 08:12 AM
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Originally Posted by shenrie
all our local stations stopped carrying 93 octain right when I bought my TL. Only option for me now is 91.

We even had 94 available at a few places. right when about everybody locally had thier cars tuned with it, they took it away, lol. Now everybody has thier shit tuned with e85 and theres only 2 pumps left locally...dissapearing fast. Glad i didnt bother converting.
at getting tuned for 94 then all of them disappearing.
"aww man, now we have to get re-tuned"
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Old May 4, 2012 | 08:17 AM
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Stupid poll is stupid, premium only dude.
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Old May 4, 2012 | 08:25 AM
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Not only will I use Premium only, which around here fortunately is 93, I will only use Shell. Used to only use Chevron, but they have pretty much pulled out of our market.
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Old May 4, 2012 | 08:27 AM
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i go by what the manual says
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Old May 4, 2012 | 08:28 AM
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Originally Posted by Undying Dreams
Stupid poll is stupid, premium only dude.
This. 93 only for my bitch and once a month fuel injector cleaner.
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Old May 4, 2012 | 08:35 AM
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As for injector cleaner, I think it's a waste as long as your running detergent gasoline. I had a look down the oily/dirty grimmy intake runners of my wife's V6 Pilot. Everything past the injectors was SPOTLESS. Not a spec of grime on the backs of those valves.

Chevron 91 for my TL.
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Old May 4, 2012 | 08:36 AM
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at getting tuned for 94 then all of them disappearing.
"aww man, now we have to get re-tuned"
yep. same shit is going on again with the dissapearance of the 93 too, lol. everybody was scrambling like crazy over the last month before the first races for people to retune thier shit. it really was comical.

e85 is on its way out too locally. everybody is gonna have to convert back to slow ole racing fuel. the amount of bitching and moaning will be epic.
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Old May 4, 2012 | 08:36 AM
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i was just about to chime in; saying our engines run clean. no need for injector cleaner.
Thanks 94eg!
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Old May 4, 2012 | 08:39 AM
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Mobil 93 for my TL.
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Old May 4, 2012 | 08:48 AM
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This poll is for the TL's...
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Old May 4, 2012 | 08:50 AM
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Originally Posted by nj2pa2nc
My tsx gets excellent gas mileage with more than enough power with the driving I do. Yes with 87 octane. Works for me probably not for You young ones. Hi crabman
Hey missy!
did you go on your trip yet?
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Old May 4, 2012 | 08:53 AM
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Good to know they run clean, you guys just saved me $5/mo hahaha
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Old May 4, 2012 | 08:57 AM
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Originally Posted by Undying Dreams
This poll is for the TL's...
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Old May 4, 2012 | 09:06 AM
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Originally Posted by justnspace
Hey missy!
did you go on your trip yet?
We aré in Pa until sunday. Found out my friend that was the acura service manager is now the Honda service manager. I will be taking my tsx there.
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Old May 4, 2012 | 09:11 AM
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Originally Posted by nj2pa2nc
We aré in Pa until sunday. Found out my friend that was the acura service manager is now the Honda service manager. I will be taking my tsx there.
Drive safe, Girlie!
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Old May 4, 2012 | 09:12 AM
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Originally Posted by justnspace
i was just about to chime in; saying our engines run clean. no need for injector cleaner.
Thanks 94eg!
Doing a valve adjustment on her Pilot this evening/tomorrow. I'm gonna try my best to get a shot of the ports & valves. It really was astonishing. I tried my damnedest to get it last time when I cleaned the manifold, but I suck at using my wife's Nikon SLR.
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Old May 4, 2012 | 09:34 AM
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Put it in Auto mode man!
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Old May 4, 2012 | 09:36 AM
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Only Top Tier premium for me.
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Old May 4, 2012 | 09:38 AM
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I use 91. I'm pretty sure that's the highest octane we get here in Denver because of the altitude.
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Old May 4, 2012 | 10:08 AM
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I use Unicorn piss in mine, 20 extra HP.
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Old May 4, 2012 | 10:16 AM
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Shell VPower 93 only. It's been 3 years since my car has had anything other then Shell 93.
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Old May 4, 2012 | 10:16 AM
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91 or 93 and top tier gas only for me.
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Old May 4, 2012 | 10:59 AM
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93 for me.
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Old May 4, 2012 | 11:25 AM
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This thread is going nowhere. Everyone uses 91/93, no one uses 87, and if you do, you're a fool.
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Old May 4, 2012 | 11:29 AM
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^this thread is headed in the right direction.
its called informing others.
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Old May 4, 2012 | 11:31 AM
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Drive safe, Girlie!
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Old May 4, 2012 | 11:48 AM
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This is helpful to the new members.
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Old May 4, 2012 | 11:49 AM
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Originally Posted by justnspace
^this thread is headed in the right direction.
its called informing others.
If you aren't going to listen to the gas cap that looks you in the face every time you fill up that says "Premium Only," then who are you going to listen to?
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Old May 4, 2012 | 11:50 AM
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Old May 4, 2012 | 11:53 AM
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^^ +1

A lot of people think they can get away with it (putting in medium or low grade) but to me it's not worth it, and apparently to the rest of this community. And honestly, putting in premium isn't that much more expensive. If you have 30 people advising against it, you're more likely to listen to them.
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Old May 4, 2012 | 11:59 AM
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we haven't had one of these for a while.....(gas thread)

carry on.
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Old May 4, 2012 | 12:04 PM
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i always pick the most expensive gas fromt he 3 choices no matter what gas station i go to.
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