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85-86 octane Gasoline
I've seen very low octane gas when in Wyoming and New Mexico. Will this hurt my car?
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Lexus specifies a minimum octane of 87. I doubt that a single fill up or an occasional rare fill up with 85 octane would do harm to the engine, but I would be reluctant to use less than 87 octane on a regular basis. If the octane rating of the gas you are using is not sufficient, the first sign of that would likely be that you would notice the engine knocking.
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Originally Posted by mackbuck12
(Post 8308372)
I've seen very low octane gas when in Wyoming and New Mexico. Will this hurt my car?
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It may affect fuel efficiency slightly, but that should be it. The engine is computer controlled and adjust for variations in octane automatically and engine 'knocking' is not likely.
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