Which gas to use for 07 Tahoe
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I purchased a 2007 Tahoe about a week ago and am about ready to fill it up for the first time. My question is which gas is best- the regular or premium? And if it does matter which one I used what are the benefits?
Thanks so much!
Thanks so much!
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Premium burns hotter and tendscleans out the gunk in your engine...more for performance cars and trucks that like to Rev high, your Tahoe not so much......regular will be fine, I always say to run a tank of premium once and awhile if you going on a highway run, tht being said My Maxx seems to get better milage on premium but it liks to rev to the tune of 7 grand....but the trade off in $$ for premium does not benefit me...
I guess to be more specific it ignites faster as well, therefore giving you a bit more power...but you wont notice it in you Tahoe prolly, most small performance imports like the Nissan Altima, and Maxima, REQUIRE Premium to meet their posted HP and performance levels....
I guess to be more specific it ignites faster as well, therefore giving you a bit more power...but you wont notice it in you Tahoe prolly, most small performance imports like the Nissan Altima, and Maxima, REQUIRE Premium to meet their posted HP and performance levels....
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It only costs about $5 more to fill your tank with premium, and that's what I always buy. It's pretty cheap from Costco, and I have my Edge tuner set to the performance setting, so I have to run premium. I say buy whatever works best for your budget/application.
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Stock Tahoes are designed for regular gasoline and that is what I would put in it.
You are wasting your hard earned money, unless your car is designed or been customized with a tuner to use premium gasoline.
You are wasting your hard earned money, unless your car is designed or been customized with a tuner to use premium gasoline.
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ORIGINAL: MalibuMaxxSS
Premium burns hotter and tendscleans out the gunk in your engine...more for performance cars and trucks that like to Rev high, your Tahoe not so much......regular will be fine, I always say to run a tank of premium once and awhile if you going on a highway run, tht being said My Maxx seems to get better milage on premium but it liks to rev to the tune of 7 grand....but the trade off in $$ for premium does not benefit me...
I guess to be more specific it ignites faster as well, therefore giving you a bit more power...but you wont notice it in you Tahoe prolly, most small performance imports like the Nissan Altima, and Maxima, REQUIRE Premium to meet their posted HP and performance levels....
Premium burns hotter and tendscleans out the gunk in your engine...more for performance cars and trucks that like to Rev high, your Tahoe not so much......regular will be fine, I always say to run a tank of premium once and awhile if you going on a highway run, tht being said My Maxx seems to get better milage on premium but it liks to rev to the tune of 7 grand....but the trade off in $$ for premium does not benefit me...
I guess to be more specific it ignites faster as well, therefore giving you a bit more power...but you wont notice it in you Tahoe prolly, most small performance imports like the Nissan Altima, and Maxima, REQUIRE Premium to meet their posted HP and performance levels....
Nothing could be further from the truth except the part that reads: "regular will be fine".
Premium fuels burn cooler and are harder to ignite they also contains less energy.
Due to tuning, timing curves and fuel mapping the Tahoe engines are all designed to use Regular 87 octane gasoline, most people experience no performance gains using higher octane fuel.
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ORIGINAL: 73shark
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There must be an urban legend that higher octane equates to more hp.
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There must be an urban legend that higher octane equates to more hp.
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ORIGINAL: ZX1100F1
Nothing could be further from the truth except the part that reads: "regular will be fine".
Premium fuels burn cooler and are harder to ignite they also contains less energy.
Due to tuning, timing curves and fuel mapping the Tahoe engines are all designed to use Regular 87 octane gasoline, most people experience no performance gains using higher octane fuel.
Nothing could be further from the truth except the part that reads: "regular will be fine".
Premium fuels burn cooler and are harder to ignite they also contains less energy.
Due to tuning, timing curves and fuel mapping the Tahoe engines are all designed to use Regular 87 octane gasoline, most people experience no performance gains using higher octane fuel.
The octane number tells you exactly one thing: the likelihood that the fuel will combust due to compression. Period. You don't want your fuel to combust due to compression, you want it to combust due to the ignition spark. So if you don't have engine knock (also called detonation), you don't need a higher octane fuel.
About the only possible advantage to running higher-than-necessary octane fuel is that some companies have much better detergent packages in their higher-grade fuels, but generally speaking the money you'll waste isn't worth the savings you *might* see over the life of the injectors, valves, and so on thanks to running more detergents through the system.
Run what doesn't knock. Period.