What Octane Gas for you 3.5L A/C ?

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mpbclutch33
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I have not had to fill up the tank yet, but I am going to have to today. What grade of gas is everyone running in their 3.5L.


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you should put- regular, mid grade, and premium. The west coast uses 87,89, and 91.

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3.5L should be 91 or better octane.

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I use premium gas, 91 octane in California.

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Premium, not gonna put in less and hear the dealership ***** about it if something goes wrong

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Why is there no 91 octane choice? what's this discrimination!

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becuz the OP is from the east coast

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zerothread/316439 read toward the bottom.

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this isn't a repost... the other post wanted to know if higher octane really gives better performance. This poll is about how many people use certain grades of fuel.

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but it also talks about what you should be running. what i got off the owners manual. and that narrows his choices down to 93 or 91. and by reading that post it will provide a informative choice (and the people in that post are saying the different grades of fuel they used)

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As a rule I dont put lower than 91 in any car... I put 93 in my A/Cand SUNOCO has 91 on the east coast

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94 octane

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Major153
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Just wondering...

What kind of gas did the dealership put in when you bought it??

My cheap *** dealership gave me a tank of 87 octane, cause they said the 91 octane is only "recommended"... a$$holes!

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Major153 wrote:Just wondering...

What kind of gas did the dealership put in when you bought it??

My cheap *** dealership gave me a tank of 87 octane, cause they said the 91 octane is only "recommended"... a$$holes!
I didn't ask because I didn't know that it needed premium until after I bought it, but I can almost bet they put the cheapest in there.

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come on man high performance vq engine... treat your car right and give it the best gas possible.

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Sometimes 94...5 bucks more a tank BFD


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