Petrol for imported cars
Aug 13th 2011, 10:53 am
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Petrol for imported cars
Those of you who have imported petrol cars that used regular UK unleaded petrol (95 RON), do you fill up with '95' at the NZ pump or have you tried the standard 91 stuff and what effect has it had?
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Aug 13th 2011, 11:18 am
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Re: Petrol for imported cars
No all European cars have their engines removed and replaced when they arrive!!!
Eurocars will run fine on 91 but if its a concern just put 95 in...simple really
Eurocars will run fine on 91 but if its a concern just put 95 in...simple really
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Aug 13th 2011, 2:54 pm
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Re: Petrol for imported cars
It's not that I'm particularly concerned, my older car survived the change from 4* to unleaded with just a bit of twiddling of the distributor, just wondering how the more modern 'tamper-proof' one might adjust to the change if I did put 91 in.
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Aug 13th 2011, 9:41 pm
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Re: Petrol for imported cars
we have 2 fairly new european jobbies and i always put the cheap stuff in 
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Aug 13th 2011, 10:24 pm
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Re: Petrol for imported cars
If it's an old classic, use 95.
It's the diesels that suffer. Low sulphur fuel causes mayhem with diesel pumps....
Aug 14th 2011, 2:57 am
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Re: Petrol for imported cars
My car came from the factory tuned for 98 RON, 91 would do it no good at all. Some cars need decent fuel 
Audis and VWs newer than mid 2000s for example.
Mine runs fine on most 95 apart from Shell, which made it splutter a bit.
I get about an extra 50km a tank from 98 so it it actually worth the extra for me. About 5% extra cost for the fuel and it goes about 0% further.
Audis and VWs newer than mid 2000s for example.Mine runs fine on most 95 apart from Shell, which made it splutter a bit.
I get about an extra 50km a tank from 98 so it it actually worth the extra for me. About 5% extra cost for the fuel and it goes about 0% further.
