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question for the car buffs (pg. 3)
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| Lilith |
| quote: | Originally posted by spiflicated
If you ever make the switch to 91, don't switch back to 87; your car gets used to the better stuff and will start knocking and pinging. |
Just reset the car's ECU, it'll remap itself usually on most modern cars. |
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| EXTREMUM |
| quote: | Originally posted by lücid
should i be using 87 or 91 octane gas in my car? it's a 2003 VW Jetta 1.8 turbo.
the gas cap says 87/91, and the opinions seemed to be pretty mixed on the VWvortex forums. some say use ONLY 91, others say it doesn't make a difference what you use. is it better for the engine/turbo to use 91? plz essplain... i didn't wanna ask on VWvortex 'cause i feel out of my element, lol. |
I have the SAME EXACT year, make, and model - I use 93. Never use 87 on a turbocharged car. 91 is iffy, but you'll get by on it.
What's your username, on VWVortex? |
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| EXTREMUM |
| quote: | Originally posted by kid nyce
yea 91 is fine, just make sure your air filter is clean thats all
plugs, wires, engine/tranny oil, brakes, tires, and air/gas filters should be your maintence..
engine depending on oil 3k - syn 5k
tranny 60K - 100K
plugs n wires 40K - 60K
gas filter 60k
rotate tires every 5k
brakes as needed
air filter as needed |
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| mezzir |
| quote: | Originally posted by EXTREMUM
| quote: | Originally posted by kid nyce
yea 91 is fine, just make sure your air filter is clean thats all
plugs, wires, engine/tranny oil, brakes, tires, and air/gas filters should be your maintence..
engine depending on oil 3k - syn 5k
tranny 60K - 100K
plugs n wires 40K - 60K
gas filter 60k
rotate tires every 5k
brakes as needed
air filter as needed |
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fixed. :toothless |
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| EXTREMUM |
| quote: | Originally posted by mezzir
fixed. :toothless |
You're sick. You have a problem, and you need to get it checked out. Quit stalking my posts! :wtf: :haha: |
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| mezzir |
| quote: | Originally posted by EXTREMUM
You're sick. You have a problem, and you need to get it checked out. Quit stalking my posts! :wtf: :haha: |
hah you editing bastard, i hit reply to this but you ninjad it before i could get to it :p |
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| EXTREMUM |
| quote: | Originally posted by mezzir
hah you editing bastard, i hit reply to this but you ninjad it before i could get to it :p |
Yeah, I edited, because I accidently deleted the bracket to close the quote script. |
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| lücid |
| quote: | Originally posted by EXTREMUM
I have the SAME EXACT year, make, and model - I use 93. Never use 87 on a turbocharged car. 91 is iffy, but you'll get by on it.
What's your username, on VWVortex? |
i think it's lucidmyra. i forget... but lucid was taken. i've only made one post on there, and it was in the Milwaukee thread.
for those of you who are saying "NEVER" use 87 on a turbo, can you explain to me why you say that? |
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| spiflicated |
| quote: | Originally posted by lücid
for those of you who are saying "NEVER" use 87 on a turbo, can you explain to me why you say that? |
because they're full of it |
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| lücid |
| quote: | Originally posted by spiflicated
because they're full of it |
lol, i'm just curious... a lot of people seem to say that, without any facts to back it up.  |
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| spiflicated |
| quote: | Originally posted by lücid
lol, i'm just curious... a lot of people seem to say that, without any facts to back it up. |
Lower octane gas will leave more build-up and some people are extremely passionate about their cars and never want to give their car an inferior product (which, technically 87 is).
The thing is, most cars are built to run on 87, and they do perfectly fine on 87. I have friends with old piece of cars and they never put 87 in them. It's a waste of money because there really isn't anything wrong with using a good quality 87 gasoline (just don't buy it from Arco) - that's some dirty gasoline. |
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| luisjb82 |
| umm Curious now, in terms of pollution, is it the same to use 87 as 91? or it has no connection whatsoever? |
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