Quick Car Question

[truskinsfan18]

Ive heard somewhere that in a car, you should always be consistent in the type of gas you give it, like regular or whatever, or if you give it one type for a while and start giving it different it will ruin the engine. Well I just bought a used car at about 40,000 miles, and I was thinking about that. Should I just give it 87? or what, it is a 2000 Honda Civic EX, thanks for the help if anyone knows

[BlueTalon]

Don't sweat it. The main thing you need to worry about is what the compression is. If it's a high compression engine, you need to put higer octane in it. If it's just a normal engine, all you're doing is spending more money if you put anything over 87 in it (and God knows, gas is expensive enough as it is!). The only time you're going to mess up an engine with different kinds of gas is it it's supposed to get high octane and you feed it regular. And then, it's just the performance that's going to suffer -- you aren't going to damage the engine unless you do it for a long time.

Your owner's manual should tell you which gas your car takes. And if the guy you got it from didn't give you the owner's manual with the car, just call the dealer, and ask someone in the service section.

I think you'll be safe with 87.

But one thing I'd recommend -- get your gas from one company, as much as it's convenient for you. Different companies put in different addatives, and sometimes those can have a beneficial effect. So, for example, try Shell for 8 or 10 fillups. Then try Chevron for 8 or 10 fillups.

And stay away from the discount gas.

[jrockster21]

......have spoilers.

[PokerPacker]

Originally posted by jrockster77


......have spoilers.

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