Say What...Octane?

I remember reading a topic some time ago about what Octane people used. It seemed most used 87 octane like me.

However, as I was reading through the service manual for my 03 tacoma v6, I saw that the RON was 91+ which made me think, does my truck require 91+ octane?

Here is the source:

 

Not sure what *Research Octane Number* means....

Did you look in your owners manual?

Use the Search feature in the blue bar (upper right) and look for other topics on this. 87 works just fine.

 

Research Octane Number = RON

Which is something that I often see on gas pumps, not sure what it is. lol

 

Is your truck super-charged? If not, use 87 octane. You're not gonna see a difference using premium except in your wallet.

 

Higher octane pushes back the flash point, and just allows the engine's timing to advance without knocking. That's why forced induction engines tend to like higher octane.