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Technical data
Fuels, coolants, lubricants, etc.
! To maintain the engine’s durability and
performance, premium unleaded gasoline
must be used. If premium unleaded gasoline is
not available and low octane fuel is used, fol-
low these precautions:
앫 Have the fuel tank only partially filled
with unleaded regular gasoline and fill up
with premium unleaded gasoline as soon
as possible.
앫 Avoid full throttle driving and abrupt ac-
celeration.
앫 Do not exceed an engine speed of
3000 rpm if the vehicle is loaded with a
light load such as two persons and no lug-
gage.
앫 Do not exceed
2
/
3
of maximum accelerator
pedal position if the vehicle is fully loaded
or operating in mountainous terrain.
Only use premium unleaded fuel
앫 The octane number (posted at the
pump) must be 91 min. It is an aver-
age of both the Research Octane
Number (RON) and the Motor Octane
Number (MON): (RON+MON)/2. This
is also known as the ANTI-KNOCK
INDEX.
Unleaded gasoline containing oxygen-
ates such as ethanol, IPA, IBA and TBA
can be used provided the ratio of any
one of these oxygenates to gasoline does
not exceed 10%; MTBE must not exceed
15%.
The ratio of methanol to gasoline must
not exceed 3% plus additional cosol-
vents.
Using mixtures of ethanol and methanol
is not allowed. Gasohol, which contains
10% ethanol and 90% unleaded gaso-
line, can be used.
These blends must also meet all other
fuel requirements, such as resistance to
spark knock, boiling range, vapor pres-
sure, etc.
Premium unleaded gasoline
Warning! G
Gasoline is highly flammable and poison-
ous. It burns violently and can cause seri-
ous injury.
Never allow sparks, flame or smoking ma-
terials near gasoline!
Turn off the engine before refueling.
Whenever you are around gasoline, avoid
inhaling fumes and skin or clothing con-
tact, extinguish all smoking materials.
Direct skin contact with fuels and the inha-
lation of fuel vapors can damage your
health.
Fuel requirements
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