You shouldn't use 86 or 85 grade gas, right?

Just saw the grade, ouch, if I understand correctly, turbo-charged engine need exact octane rating or more, regardless of altitude, so he really should have put in the next available, which is 88

 

He just overpaid for his truck and trying to make up for it? or he's just a cheapa$$ lol

 

I'm sure a bit of timing is being pulled running 85, but I doubt any damage will be done. Especially with cooler temps and not towing.

People out west use 85 octane with turbos all the time and I've never heard of widespread issues. That being said I always ran at least 87 (usually 91) with my turbos when I lived in Colorado.

Edit: Also it's embarrassing imo for Andre to be putting 85 in that Tacoma. It's supposedly an enthusiast channel where they should know better and shouldn't TFL be footing the gas bill anyhow?

 

'dre know how to get clicks tho

 

Not even a Top Tier brand of gasoline.

 

This is just one of the challenges for making turbocharged engines for the general public, they’re just gonna put whatever trash they can find into the engine. If the minimum recommended octane rating is 87, I don’t think that you can use the 85 high elevation exemption you would with a naturally aspirated engine.

 

never been to the mountain states? it's always a point lower. never had an issue.

also. how can you tell from that pic what he is pumping

 

It is lit up.

 

ahh yes. thanks

 

What ever is stated to be used is what should be used. Higher octane for turbo engines and less for NA, typically. You will hurt a turbo engine rated for higher octane when using lower octane. You are just wasting money using higher octane in a low octane rated NA engine.

 

BTW, here's the vid. 13:02 time stamp. This was the first fill up.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8wfsEnXIK9k

 

So ideally in minimum is 87 and it is not available they should be using the next higher up. Now being I have never towed with a turbo engine.....I will going with a higher octane help with MPGs while towing?

 

The last fill up at 28:55 he messed up and hit 86 octane!

 

You probably shouldn’t use 85. It also probably won’t hurt anything but power output if you accidentally fill a tank or two with it

 

Not unless it's recommended to use higher octane when towing. Just use what the manufacturer states to use.

 

That’s only for engines that don’t use forced induction.

 

Part it out.

 

It's not just about losing HP or gaining HP, it's about what octane the engine needs to combust in turbo vs NA.

 

It likely won’t hurt a modern low boost production engine either. It’ll pull timing and everything will be fine. I wouldn’t regularly run 85, but I doubt any damage will be done

 

9:41, but watch the whole vid if you are curious about the title.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yXpeIBmwk5M