http://www.scpautomotive.com/blog Satisfied Customers Promised Fri, 25 Nov 2011 20:46:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.scpautomotive.com/blog/?p=33#comment-19 spotter Fri, 25 Nov 2011 20:46:28 +0000 http://www.scpautomotive.com/blog/?p=33#comment-19 Hello Nick, In most instances the answer is “Yes” you can use a lower grade gas, But as with most things dealing with vehicles there are always exceptions. One would be a performance engine that is engineered to run on the higher octane fuel only. If you have one you probably know already. A simple test to see if your vehicle would perform on a lower grade fuel is to run your tank down to a quarter full. Then put a couple of gallons of the lower grade into the tank. Depending on how big your tank is of course. The idea is to get about a half tank of mixed fuel. Drive your car around and listen and feel for any performance issues. If you hear any “Pinging” = sounds like someone is tapping on a snare drum, go back to the gas station and fill up with your higher octane fuel. If no pinging is heard then do the same thing one more time, drive your vehicle down to a quarter full and put the lower grade fuel in till you get to half a tank. If you still don’t hear any pinging or feel any big performance lose, your vehicle is doing fine on a lower grade fuel. I hope this helps. If you have any other questions or comments, please keep them coming. SCP Hello Nick,
In most instances the answer is “Yes” you can use a lower grade gas, But as with most things dealing with vehicles there are always exceptions. One would be a performance engine that is engineered to run on the higher octane fuel only. If you have one you probably know already.
A simple test to see if your vehicle would perform on a lower grade fuel is to run your tank down to a quarter full. Then put a couple of gallons of the lower grade into the tank. Depending on how big your tank is of course. The idea is to get about a half tank of mixed fuel. Drive your car around and listen and feel for any performance issues. If you hear any “Pinging” = sounds like someone is tapping on a snare drum, go back to the gas station and fill up with your higher octane fuel.
If no pinging is heard then do the same thing one more time, drive your vehicle down to a quarter full and put the lower grade fuel in till you get to half a tank. If you still don’t hear any pinging or feel any big performance lose, your vehicle is doing fine on a lower grade fuel.
I hope this helps. If you have any other questions or comments, please keep them coming.
SCP

]]> http://www.scpautomotive.com/blog/?page_id=21#comment-18 spotter Fri, 25 Nov 2011 20:33:22 +0000 http://www.scpautomotive.com/blog/?page_id=21#comment-18 Hello Nick, In most instances the answer is “Yes” you can use a lower grade gas, But as with most things dealing with vehicles there are always exceptions. One would be a performance engine that is engineered to run on the higher octane fuel only. If you have one you probably know already. A simple test to see if your vehicle would perform on a lower grade fuel is to run your tank down to a quarter full. Then put a couple of gallons of the lower grade into the tank. Depending on how big your tank is of course. The idea is to get about a half tank of mixed fuel. Drive your car around and listen and feel for any performance issues. If you hear any “Pinging” = sounds like someone is tapping on a snare drum, go back to the gas station and fill up with your higher octane fuel. If no pinging is heard then do the same thing one more time, drive your vehicle down to a quarter full and put the lower grade fuel in till you get to half a tank. If you still don’t hear any pinging or feel any big performance lose, your vehicle is doing fine on a lower grade fuel. I hope this helps. If you have any other questions or comments, please keep them coming. SCP Hello Nick,
In most instances the answer is “Yes” you can use a lower grade gas, But as with most things dealing with vehicles there are always exceptions. One would be a performance engine that is engineered to run on the higher octane fuel only. If you have one you probably know already.
A simple test to see if your vehicle would perform on a lower grade fuel is to run your tank down to a quarter full. Then put a couple of gallons of the lower grade into the tank. Depending on how big your tank is of course. The idea is to get about a half tank of mixed fuel. Drive your car around and listen and feel for any performance issues. If you hear any “Pinging” = sounds like someone is tapping on a snare drum, go back to the gas station and fill up with your higher octane fuel.
If no pinging is heard then do the same thing one more time, drive your vehicle down to a quarter full and put the lower grade fuel in till you get to half a tank. If you still don’t hear any pinging or feel any big performance lose, your vehicle is doing fine on a lower grade fuel.
I hope this helps. If you have any other questions or comments, please keep them coming.
SCP

]]> http://www.scpautomotive.com/blog/?page_id=21#comment-17 spotter Fri, 25 Nov 2011 20:32:25 +0000 http://www.scpautomotive.com/blog/?page_id=21#comment-17 Nick Asked, "How important is it to use premium fuel in my car if that’s what the manual recommends? With gas prices so high these days, can I get away with using a lesser grade?" Nick Asked, “How important is it to use premium fuel in my car if that’s what the manual recommends? With gas prices so high these days, can I get away with using a lesser grade?”

]]> http://www.scpautomotive.com/blog/?p=6#comment-3 spotter Tue, 30 Aug 2011 14:28:44 +0000 http://www.scpautomotive.com/blog/?p=6#comment-3 Hello Nick, In most instances the answer is "Yes" you can use a lower grade gas, But as with most things dealing with vehicles there are always exceptions. One would be a performance engine that is engineered to run on the higher octane fuel only. If you have one you probably know already. A simple test to see if your vehicle would perform on a lower grade fuel is to run your tank down to a quarter full. Then put a couple of gallons of the lower grade into the tank. Depending on how big your tank is of course. The idea is to get about a half tank of mixed fuel. Drive your car around and listen and feel for any performance issues. If you hear any "Pinging" = sounds like someone is tapping on a snare drum, go back to the gas station and fill up with your higher octane fuel. If no pinging is heard then do the same thing one more time, drive your vehicle down to a quarter full and put the lower grade fuel in till you get to half a tank. If you still don't hear any pinging or feel any big performance lose, your vehicle is doing fine on a lower grade fuel. I hope this helps. If you have any other questions or comments, please keep them coming. SCP Hello Nick,
In most instances the answer is “Yes” you can use a lower grade gas, But as with most things dealing with vehicles there are always exceptions. One would be a performance engine that is engineered to run on the higher octane fuel only. If you have one you probably know already.
A simple test to see if your vehicle would perform on a lower grade fuel is to run your tank down to a quarter full. Then put a couple of gallons of the lower grade into the tank. Depending on how big your tank is of course. The idea is to get about a half tank of mixed fuel. Drive your car around and listen and feel for any performance issues. If you hear any “Pinging” = sounds like someone is tapping on a snare drum, go back to the gas station and fill up with your higher octane fuel.
If no pinging is heard then do the same thing one more time, drive your vehicle down to a quarter full and put the lower grade fuel in till you get to half a tank. If you still don’t hear any pinging or feel any big performance lose, your vehicle is doing fine on a lower grade fuel.
I hope this helps. If you have any other questions or comments, please keep them coming.
SCP

]]> http://www.scpautomotive.com/blog/?p=6#comment-2 Nick Tue, 30 Aug 2011 05:02:13 +0000 http://www.scpautomotive.com/blog/?p=6#comment-2 How important is it to use premium fuel in my car if that's what the manual recommends? With gas prices so high these days, can I get away with using a lesser grade? How important is it to use premium fuel in my car if that’s what the manual recommends? With gas prices so high these days, can I get away with using a lesser grade?

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