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Car Forum / Acura Cars / December 2004what grade fuel for 3.2tl V-6
what grade fuel must you use in the 2005 acura 3.2 TL. Ray >what grade fuel must you use in the 2005 acura 3.2 TL. >Ray http://www.acura.com/models/model_specs_index.asp?module=tl -- I put 2 and 2 together and got 22. >>what grade fuel must you use in the 2005 acura 3.2 TL. Read the Owner's Manual for your car - I bet it says Premium - 91 Octane or better. > what grade fuel must you use in the 2005 acura 3.2 TL. > Ray The TL will run on a mid-grade fuel without significant degradation in preformance. http://www.autonet.ca/Driversource/stories.cfm?storyID=13585 Larry B. >> what grade fuel must you use in the 2005 acura 3.2 TL. >> Ray [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > >Larry B. Everything else I've read and heard says that's not a good idea. After paying $32 - $35K (US) for a car, why would someone cheap out on the recommended fuel? If that little bit of savings means that much, perhaps a cheaper -- less demanding car -- would be the right choice. Lee, I completely agree with you, however the poster asked what grade fuel MUST be used and all I did was provide a long term test report stating that the TL can be run without on a lower grade fuel. Personally, I won't take a chance and would use the recommended premium fuel considering the 11:1 compression ratio. Larry B. >>> what grade fuel must you use in the 2005 acura 3.2 TL. >>> Ray [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > that much, perhaps a cheaper -- less demanding car -- would be > the right choice. Larry, >Lee, I completely agree with you, however the poster asked what grade fuel >MUST be used and all I did was provide a long term test report stating that [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > >Larry B. We agree. I should have answered the original poster directly. The 04 and 05 TL should use premium gasoline 91 octanes or better. There is a system on those cars to prevent detonation if you use lower grade gasoline but I tried it, and I doesn't last as long, as I need to floor the pedal more to obtain the same thrust. plus the carbon buildup would make it not worth it in my opinion. if you use cheaper gas, you would need to spend more gas, and spend money on engine clean up to get rid of the carbon sooner than otherwise. > what grade fuel must you use in the 2005 acura 3.2 TL. > Ray I'm not sure I agree with this. ALL new engines have knock sensors that will adjust a number of variables to compensate for lower octane. Run regular unleaded, save the money, run fuel system cleaner about every 5k miles and you will be fine. If you'll notice, higher octane's are recommended, not required. Honda will play with the language for ex. the MDX recommends 91 yet the new Pilot (same as a previous gen MDX motor) recommends regular. Now what does THIS tell you? -G > The 04 and 05 TL should use premium gasoline 91 octanes or better. > [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > > what grade fuel must you use in the 2005 acura 3.2 TL. > > Ray >I'm not sure I agree with this. ALL new engines have knock sensors that will >adjust a number of variables to compensate for lower octane. Run regular [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] >yet the new Pilot (same as a previous gen MDX motor) recommends regular. Now >what does THIS tell you? The engine in my TL has a 11:1 compression ratio. That requires premium. The engine is smart enough to change it's parameters a bit to prevent it from knocking. However, it's definitely a trade-off as the compression ratio is still the same. The regular to premium difference per gallon in my area is about $.15 - $.20 per gallon. Even at $.20 a 14 gallon fill up once a week is $2.80 more. After spending $32 - $35K on a new car, with the very real reduction in performance and even the possibility of damage to your car, why even consider such a thing for only $2.80 a week? If that amount means so much to anyone considering doing such a thing, you may have purchased the wrong car. Buy something that doesn't require premium fuel.
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