Toyota Tacoma and premium fuel ques
08-14-2005, 09:01 PM
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Toyota Tacoma and premium fuel ques
I am looking at the Tacoma and the Nissan Frontier. The Toyota is rated at 17 to 21 MPG on Premium fuel.
The Nissan is 15 - 20 on regular.
If I put regular in that Tcaoma, what is going to happen. I know when I had my 03 CL, and I ran regular, the gas mileage went down, but that was all.
Would you guess that running Reg in the Tacoma would bring it just about even with the MPG of the Frontier?
The Nissan is 15 - 20 on regular.
If I put regular in that Tcaoma, what is going to happen. I know when I had my 03 CL, and I ran regular, the gas mileage went down, but that was all.
Would you guess that running Reg in the Tacoma would bring it just about even with the MPG of the Frontier?
08-14-2005, 09:18 PM
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Our resident fuel economy guru, Sauceman, has written an interesting article where he tested the effects of octane on fuel economy. Check it out: https://acurazine.com/forums/showthread.php?t=23721
08-15-2005, 06:53 AM
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Thanks for the posts.. But the TSX is suggested to use 87 Octane, right?
The Toyota is suggested to use 91. Would using less octane hurt anything besides the gas mileage.
The Toyota is suggested to use 91. Would using less octane hurt anything besides the gas mileage.
08-15-2005, 08:39 AM
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The TSX is supposed to run on 91 but it can run on 87 in a pinch. If premium costs 10% more but it gets you 10% better fuel economy, then it doesn't make sense to use regular.
08-15-2005, 09:21 AM
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If you're concerned about gas mileage, get the 4 banger Taco. My brother went with an 05 Tacoma 4 banger. He traded in his 03 Tacoma V6 for it...
Sure the new Taco with the v6 is impressive HP wise, but if you're going to run low grade fuel in it, why bother
Example: If you're driving 12,000 miles a year, at 20 miles a gallon you'll need 600 gallons per year. At 10 cents more a gallon, that's only like a savings of $60 a year. At 20 cents more a gallon, premium would cost you $120 more per year.
Sure the new Taco with the v6 is impressive HP wise, but if you're going to run low grade fuel in it, why bother
Example: If you're driving 12,000 miles a year, at 20 miles a gallon you'll need 600 gallons per year. At 10 cents more a gallon, that's only like a savings of $60 a year. At 20 cents more a gallon, premium would cost you $120 more per year.
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Originally Posted by Deity711
Tacoma V6 requires 91? Wow. That just saounds weird for a pickup truck.
A lot of cars and trucks are doing that now so they can claim more horsepower out of their engines.
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i dont think it would hurt, but why buy a car if you cant put the "reccomended" gas in
my friend bought a 05 TL and puts regular in it, and his company pays for the car and gas!!
my friend bought a 05 TL and puts regular in it, and his company pays for the car and gas!!
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I am thinking about picking up an new 05 Tacoma TRD OFF-Road package.
I would run the recommend Octane.... the engineers designed the vehicle to run on Premium for a reason..
If you tow and run 89 with the compression on the V6 Taco, you will have detonation,valve tap, screw up the piston rings, etc.
I would run the recommend Octane.... the engineers designed the vehicle to run on Premium for a reason..
If you tow and run 89 with the compression on the V6 Taco, you will have detonation,valve tap, screw up the piston rings, etc.
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