[Main 95 Bulletin Board | BBFAQ | Prev by Date | Next by Date | Post Followup ] Member Login / Signup - Members see fewer ads. - Latest Member Gallery Photos A word about Octane... Like This Post: - Subscribe to Daily Digest for this Bulletin Board Posted by B Millar [Email] (#1109) [Profile/Gallery] (more from B Millar) on Thu, 10 Apr 2008 09:37:20 In Reply to: First few days with CPO 03 Arc Wagon (long), Joseph, Thu, 10 Apr 2008 08:17:36 Alert me when someone posts in this thread: Members do not see ads below this line. - Help Keep This Site Online - Signup

Once you get more used to the way the car drives and accelerates you will notice differences between which grades of gas you use. I know I sure can tell. When I first got my 2001 V6 I used 87 octane. It ran fine but I did notice that on hills and stuff the engine would down shift and sound very loud and growly/coarse trying to get up that hill. Using a higher octane I find that the car does not down shift (unless you hit the gas enough of course) on hills. It will stay in fourth around 1500rpm and you'll see the boost gauge take off. I run 89 in mine, and might switch to 91 over the summer. I do not notice any differences in mileage between the two octanes though. Going from a higher octane to a lower octane the engine management will notice almost right away and you'll feel a decrease in power. Going from lower to higher on the other hand takes a bit longer for the engine to recognize. The fastest way to get it to see the higher octane is to find a hill that you can mash the gas pedal to the floor on. Let it run through 2nd, and as much of 3rd as you can (in Sport mode of course). Then you should find some extra power connected to your right foot. Congrats on your new car! Enjoy!

• First few days with CPO 03 Arc Wagon (long), Joseph, Thu, 10 Apr 2008 08:17:36
  • A CPO vehicle MUST be delivered with 2 keys!/remotes!, westernny, Thu, 10 Apr 2008 20:31:01
    • Re: A CPO vehicle MUST be delivered with 2 keys!/remote, Joseph, Fri, 11 Apr 2008 05:07:31
      • Re: A CPO vehicle MUST be delivered with 2 keys!/remote, westernny, Fri, 11 Apr 2008 07:12:59
        • Re: A CPO vehicle MUST be delivered with 2 keys!/remote, Joseph, Fri, 11 Apr 2008 07:56:35
          • Re: A CPO vehicle MUST be delivered with 2 keys!/remote, Scott, Fri, 11 Apr 2008 08:30:47
            • Re: A CPO vehicle MUST be delivered with 2 keys!/remote, jgARC03SW , Fri, 11 Apr 2008 10:05:14
  • If i were you . . ., Scott, Thu, 10 Apr 2008 12:24:25
  • Re: First few days with CPO 03 Arc Wagon (long), KevinM, Thu, 10 Apr 2008 11:18:25
  • A word about Octane..., B Millar , Thu, 10 Apr 2008 09:37:20 <-- Viewing This Message
    • Where did you get the boost gauge?, Marcin, Thu, 10 Apr 2008 10:54:13
      • Re: Where did you get the boost gauge?, Joseph, Thu, 10 Apr 2008 13:52:13
      • Mine came with one..., B Millar , Thu, 10 Apr 2008 12:12:06
    • Re: A word about Octane..., Joseph, Thu, 10 Apr 2008 10:45:06
      • Board consensus is lower octane = lower mileage, lasaab, Sun, 13 Apr 2008 13:07:36
      • Right. nm, B Millar , Thu, 10 Apr 2008 12:12:40
    • PS, we want pictures., B Millar , Thu, 10 Apr 2008 09:50:04
      • Re: PS, we want pictures., jgARC03SW , Sat, 12 Apr 2008 07:51:50
        • Re: PS, we want pictures., B Millar , Sat, 12 Apr 2008 10:57:43
  • Re: First few days with CPO 03 Arc Wagon (long), Joseph, Thu, 10 Apr 2008 08:23:32
    • cool beans, Jon Fero, Thu, 10 Apr 2008 08:31:21
      • Re: cool beans, Joseph, Thu, 10 Apr 2008 08:52:49

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