Mitsubishi Lancer VIII 8 owners manual page 24

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Fuel selection Methanol Use of gasolines blended with MMT may NOTE adversely affect performance, and cause the Poor-quality gasoline can cause problems malfunction indicator on your instrument Do not operate your vehicle on gasoline con- such as poor starting, stalling during idling, panel to come on. If this happens, contact an taining methanol (wood alcohol). Using this abnormal engine noise, and poor accelera- authorized Mitsubishi Motors dealer or a 3 tion. If you experience any of these prob- type of alcohol could adversely affect the repair facility of your choice for assistance.lems, try using a different brand of gasoline. vehicle’s performance and damage critical parts of the vehicle’s fuel system. If the engine malfunction indicator (“SER- Sulfur in gasoline VICE ENGINE SOON” or “CHECK ENGINE”) flashes, have the vehicle Reformulated gasoline inspected as soon as possible by the nearest Your vehicle may have been designed to sat- authorized Mitsubishi Motors dealer or a repair facility of your choice. isfy California’s low-emission regulations Many areas of the country require the use of Repeatedly driving short distances at low based on clean-burning low-sulfur gasoline. cleaner burning fuel referred to as “Reformu- speeds can cause deposits to form in the fuel Gasoline sold in parts of the country other lated Gasoline”. system and engine, resulting in poor starting than California is allowed to have a higher Reformulated gasoline contains oxygenates and poor acceleration. If these problems sulfur content. Using such gasoline could occur, you are advised to add a detergent and is specially blended to reduce vehicle adversely affect the vehicle’s catalytic con- emissions and improve air quality. additive to the gasoline when you refuel the verter and cause the engine malfunction indi- Mitsubishi Motors Corporation strongly sup- vehicle. The additive will remove the depos- cator (“SERVICE ENGINE SOON” or ports the use of reformulated gasoline. Prop- its, thereby returning the engine to a normal “CHECK ENGINE”) to come on. Illumina- condition. Be sure to use a Mitsubishi erly blended reformulated gasoline has no tion of this indicator while you are using adverse effect on vehicle performance or the Motors Genuine cleaning additive. Using an high-sulfur gasoline does not necessarily durability of the engine and fuel system. unsuitable additive could make the engine mean the vehicle’s emis sion-control system ismalfunction. For details, please contact the nearest authorized Mitsubishi Motors dealer. malfunctioning. Your authorized Mitsubishi MMT (methylcyclopentadienyl Motors dealer may suggest you try using a manganese tricarbonyl) different, lower-sulfur brand of unleaded gas- oline to determine whether the problem is fuel-related. MMT is a manganese-containing metallic additive that is blended into some gasolines to increase the octane number. Mitsubishi Motors Corporation recommends using gasolines without MMT. General information3-3

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