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Not posted one of these for a while...! The import WRX auto I bought recently (1995 model) is run on Shell's finest. But it suddenly occured to me (better late than never) that the salesman was adamant it would run on 95 - which means that's what was in it when I bought the car. Will it have "adjusted" itself to the lower octane and therefore I'm wasting my money with V-Power? Or does it adjust upwards? If the former, any advice?
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On an internet forum its difficult to tell what is good advice and what isnt. Hopefully youll regard this as the former:
[a] Subaru intended this car to run only on Premium Unleaded Gasoline.
[b] 100RON fuel wasn't available in Japan when the car was manufactured, their Premium Unleaded Gasoline had a RON of about 98.
[c] A 220PS 'Wagon (and the 220PS automatic Saloon) is better able to run on 95RON fuel than any other model, but that fuel is not of a high enough octane rating.
[d] Early ECUs aren't able to learn, like later, more advanced parts are: they are only able to retard the igntion (within a poorly limited range), when detonation is detected.
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[a] Subaru intended this car to run only on Premium Unleaded Gasoline.
[b] 100RON fuel wasn't available in Japan when the car was manufactured, their Premium Unleaded Gasoline had a RON of about 98.
[c] A 220PS 'Wagon (and the 220PS automatic Saloon) is better able to run on 95RON fuel than any other model, but that fuel is not of a high enough octane rating.
[d] Early ECUs aren't able to learn, like later, more advanced parts are: they are only able to retard the igntion (within a poorly limited range), when detonation is detected.
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