Bought a new Ford Eco Sport
Posted by: david
10th Mar 2015 08:59pm
log book suggests to use only premium fuel.i have never heard of companies recomending this fuel in there brochures.i remember years ago this fuel was introduced.the experts were saying it was only unleaded hyped up,for more money to oil companies.can anyone please help.is premium better.
tterrypu
- 3rd Jul 2015 08:59pm
There is no real benefit in Premium fuel except that you may get slightly better fuel consumption. If you are going to use Premium the compression ratio of the vehicle would need to above 8/1 but nominally it is just a waste of money.
(95 premium can give around 4% lower fuel consumption than 91, assuming the engine computer adjusts to take advantage of the octane difference. 98 might give 3% reduction over 95, again assuming the computer adjusts the engine parameters.) (Ex NRMA blog).
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