When i pump gas into the 1994 ex model is it suppose to be regular, premium or supreme?


I didnt get the car manual with my car.

 

regular (87 octane)

 

you don't have to fill your gas tank with 91, 87 is good to go. they are all the same, anyway.

but you should avoid those "mom and pop" stations.

 

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No, they aren't all the same.

 

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the car rides the same to me.

 

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That doesn't mean they are all the same. Please don't throw around assumptions because you can't feel a difference. Higher octane aids in preventing predetonation on engines with boost or high compression.

 

Just about any car will run great with regular gas unless it's high performance or otherwise says so
Most cars have it right beside the gas gauge.

 

eh, the car rides the same to me. it's just my opinion. don't accuse me for "throwing assumptions" ... if you want 89 or 91, go ahead, stick with your so called: "Higher octane aids in preventing predetonation on engines with boost or high compression."

plus with the gas prices today, who would want the fill up their tank with 91? not many.

"throwing assumptions" puhleease.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by jtluong050696 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">eh, the car rides the same to me. it's just my opinion. don't accuse me for "throwing assumptions" ... if you want 89 or 91, go ahead, stick with your so called: "Higher octane aids in preventing predetonation on engines with boost or high compression."

plus with the gas prices today, who would want the fill up their tank with 91? not many.

"throwing assumptions" puhleease.</TD></TR></TABLE>

I wasn't trying to start a fight. Do some research.


Modified by I R Tylor at 5:53 PM 5/4/2006

 

The simple way of deciding what gas you need to use is like this:

1) Get the lowest grade (87). If it drives fine without pinging or anything and runs smooth, stay there. Getting anything higher is just a waste of money.
2) If it does start pinging, move up in octane grades until it doesn't do it anymore.

Gas is basically the two compounds of octane and heptane (plus whatever other detergents and whatnot get thrown in with it). Heptane is highly combustible, but it's mixed with the octane compound to reduce its sensitivity to combustion. Higher octane grades have a higher concentration of octane in the mixture, and are therefore less combustible (which is why pinging goes away with a higher octane fuel than lower because of the fact that it's less combustible and is not blowing up before the spark plug makes its spark and the piston reaches the top).

 

All USDM honda accords built before 2003 cannot make use of higher octane fuel. They do not have the programming/ hardware nessescary to make use of higher octane fuel. All 2003 and newer USDM Accords can make use of higher octane fuel thanks to a knock sensor and enhanced ECU programming.

 

Yeah. There was a smart-*** said that I was "throwing assumptions".