Porsche Cayenne I 1 owners manual page 269

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10_Cayenne_21_KW17.book Seite 269 Donnerstag, 9. April 2009 3:33 15 Fuel Recommendations Unleaded fuels may not be available outside the Fuels containing ethanol continental U.S. and Canada. Therefore, we f Do not use any fuels containing more than 10 Your Porsche is equipped with catalytic conver-recommend you do not take your car to areas or ters and must use UNLEADED FUEL ONLY.countries where unleaded fuel may not be percent ethanol by volume. Your engine is designed to provide optimum available. We recommend, however, to change to a different performance and fuel economy using unleaded Octane ratings fuel or station if any of the following problems premium fuel with an octane rating of 98 RON occur with your vehicle: (93 CLC or AKI). Porsche therefore recom-Octane rating indicates a fuel's ability to resist – Deterioration of driveability and performance. mends the use of these fuels in your vehicle.detonation. Therefore, buying the correct octane Porsche also recognizes that these fuels may not gas is important to prevent engine “damage”.– Substantially reduced fuel economy. always be available. Be assured that your vehicle The RON octane rating is based on the research – Vapor lock and non-start problems, especially will operate properly on unleaded premium fuels method. The CLC (U.S. Cost of Living Council oc-at high altitude or at high temperature. with octane numbers of at least 95 RON tane rating) or AKI (antiknock index) octane rating – Engine malfunction or stalling. (90 CLC or AKI), since the engine's “Electronic usually displayed on U.S. fuel pumps is calculated Octane™ knock control” will adapt the ignition as research octane number plus motor octane timing, if necessary. number, divided by 2, that is written as: It is important to observe the regular service inter- vals, and particularly the oil change intervals, spe- - cified in your Maintenance Schedule.----------------------------------RON+ MON or--------------RM+ The use of UNLEADED FUEL ONLY is critically 2 2 important to the life of the catalytic converters. Deposits from leaded fuels will The CLC or AKI octane rating is usually lower than ruin the converters and make it ineffective the RON rating: as an emission control device. For example: 95 RON corresponds 90 CLC or Cars with catalytic converte rs have a smaller fuel “AKI” tank opening, and gas station pumps have smaller f Do not use fuel additives without Porsche nozzles. This will prevent accidental pumping of approval. leaded fuel into cars with catalytic converters. Maintenance and Car Care 269

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