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**greenlight** · July 22nd, 2006 02:36 PM

I saw one thread discussing RON (Researched Octane Number). I checked the RON manual and it stats that for our VVTi Fortuner (2TR-FE), the minimum RON is 91. Does this mean we can use unleaded gasoline for our VVTi ride? For Shell Unleaded, it has a minimum Octane rating of 93. I read from that thread that using higher Octane rating has no noticeable benefit for our engines. Unless you believe in what the gas companies say that, like for V-Power of Shell, it cleans your engine better than the regular octane gas.

Considering the prices of gasoline is skyrocketing, I am thinking of downgrading my gas from V-Power to just unleaded as long as this is acceptable and does not damage my engine.

Any comments from the experts there? Thanks.

**number001** · July 22nd, 2006 05:09 PM

^ I use Petron's Xtra Unleaded which works fine on my unit.

**vicoyski** · July 22nd, 2006 06:34 PM

*number001: You left R&G early pala. Your raffle prize is with me...

**swimstroke** · July 22nd, 2006 06:55 PM

*greenlight

Minimum yung 91, ano yung recommended? Kung 93, by all means downgrade dahil sayang yung matitipid mo; pwera nalang kung ramdam mo yung difference ng 93 vs. 95 tapos feeling mo hindi running at its best yung engine. Sa case ko kasi ramdam ko, kaso mas ramdam ko yung difference in price...

**bilog** · July 22nd, 2006 09:04 PM

i also use xtra unleaded by Petron... happy with it. light on the wallet.

**numbah5** · July 23rd, 2006 01:04 AM

Hi everyone! Newbie here... Anyway, we have a Black 2.5D4D Fortuner ZBU-**6 almost 14,000 km mileage. Fuel comsumption city driving around 8.4-8.5 km/l, highway driving 13-15 km/l. We achieved 175 km/h on NLEx last december when we took it to baguio. Sa kennon road paakyat hindi s'ya hirap kahit dun sa matarik na part umaabot ng 100 km/h paakyat kennon rd. walang kahirap-hirap. Pagdating sa arangkada at overtaking sobrang lakas mabilis umovertake ng mga 10 wheeler sa Manila North Road. Napalitan na supply pump nung umabot ng 10,000 km odo dahil biglang naghard start. After mapalitan di na bumalik hard starting. Yung talbog hindi na masyadong matagtag after ma-break in na fully loaded yung kotse.

**beebs** · July 23rd, 2006 11:43 AM

Originally Posted by bilog

i also use xtra unleaded by Petron... happy with it. light on the wallet.

ako rin i use petron xtra unleaded

**conix** · July 25th, 2006 08:29 PM

fortuners on the run...

**conix** · July 25th, 2006 09:02 PM

eto pa...

**greenlight** · July 25th, 2006 10:09 PM

Originally Posted by swimstroke

*greenlight

Minimum yung 91, ano yung recommended? Kung 93, by all means downgrade dahil sayang yung matitipid mo; pwera nalang kung ramdam mo yung difference ng 93 vs. 95 tapos feeling mo hindi running at its best yung engine. Sa case ko kasi ramdam ko, kaso mas ramdam ko yung difference in price...

The manual does not mention the recommended RON, just the minimum.

I have not tried other fuels aside from V-Power on my Fortuner so I don't have any basis for comparison.

Although in my other car, I tried both and can't tell the difference. Kaya Unleaded ako doon. At ngayon, mas gamit ko ang kotse na iyon para tipid ako sa gas. Kung kailangan ko lang pumorma, saka ko ginagamit ang Fortuner. Baba nga ng Odometer reading ko. I only registered 9K for one year and this includes several out of town trips including Baguio. In my other car, I average 15K a year but then I have more than 1 car now kaya distributed ang gamit ko between the cars.