Regular gas or premium gas?

alpine692003 · Feb 4, 2005

Do you guys use regular 87 octane gas for your power equipment or 92 octane and higer?

ie) lawn mowers, hedge trimmers, backpack blowers, edgers, grass trimmers, etc..

My dealer saids to use higher octane 92+ because of less carbon bulid up and will give you more power and a cleaner/smoother running engine..

payup :help:

Rhett · Feb 4, 2005

Everything I have in the owners manual requires 87. So that is what it gets

lqmustang · Feb 4, 2005

My recommendation is to use whatever the owner's manual tells you to use. Anything more and you are wasting your money. Higher octane fuel does not burn cleaner, or give you more power. Octane is a measure of the fuel's resistance to detonation, meaning that the higher the octane, the harder it is to light the fire. Today's fuels all contain detergents and additives to help keep fuel systems clean. Save your money and get what the product specifies.

alpine692003 · Feb 4, 2005

Yah, well my manuals said to use 87 octane...

Woody82986 · Feb 4, 2005

as goes the manual...87 octane it be...

lwcmattlifter · Feb 4, 2005

All my Stihl and Echo manuals call for 89. I have never had a problem with using 87.

rodfather · Feb 4, 2005

Just recently I was told if you use Echo equipment, you should be using 92 octane...dunno about all the others?

Eddie B · Feb 4, 2005

The carb went on my echo trimmer... I had used 87 in it for a couple years. Dealer recommended using 89 and above. I now use the 87 in the mowers, 89 on the echo trimmers.

alpine692003 · Feb 4, 2005

I see, I am just going to use 92 octane for everything..

Screw the 87..

DR Lawn & Landscape · Feb 4, 2005

I have torn down engines that have had both oct fuels ran through them, and the chamber, top of piston, and valves and head all look pretty close to each other . I would agree with others run what manual says, just on the basis that when it comes to warranty work they always look for an excuse

TClawn · Feb 4, 2005

I run my trimmers on 89 octane and my mowers on 87. take a look at the shindaiwa manual. they say that your not supposed to use 92 octane, it has an additive that is bad for the engine.

proenterprises · Feb 4, 2005

i have always run 87 octane. mostly for price reasons, but based on what people are now saying, i may run 89 in the trimmers.

the scaper · Feb 4, 2005

I run mid grade fuel and prescribed oils in everything , engine or carburation problems have been almost non existent.

Popper357 · Feb 4, 2005

higher compression engines require higher octane fuels, All my lawn equipment works on regulars gas. A mechanic told me to use premium in the mower when it's above a hundred outside to keep the engine cooler, other than that, nothing a lawn business uses needs premium unless it's specified. It will be specified if it needs it.

My Honda XR is a higher compression engine than any lawn equipment I own and it requires premium per owners manual. Any race vehicle should use high octanes. If your engine is pinging, it needs a higher octane. Things like ATV's, motorcycles and race vehicles with race pistons need high octane. I know some guys who use 102 octane in thier motorcycles and it makes a nice difference. Some you have to use the 102, its about four bucks a gallon. Yikes!

QualityLawnCare4u · Feb 4, 2005

I use 93 octane in all my 2 cycle equipment and 87 in the mowers. I can tell the difference on the echo when I used 87 octane.

alpine692003 · Feb 4, 2005

hardworking-poorman said:
I use 93 octane in all my 2 cycle equipment and 87 in the mowers. I can tell the difference on the echo when I used 87 octane.

Really eh? I think I might start using 92 octane starting this season on all my equipment..

lwcmattlifter · Feb 4, 2005

What kind of difference do you guys notice? Easier to start? Consumption? Runs smother? I may have to give premium a shot if thats the case. I tried it before and could not tell much of a difference.

QualityLawnCare4u · Feb 4, 2005

alpine692003 said:
Really eh? I think I might start using 92 octane starting this season on all my equipment..

Alpine, on my weedeaters when I ran the 87 octane they would bog down in thick grass. With the 93 octane did not bog down as bad and were also easier to crank.

truenorthlandscaping · Feb 4, 2005

I've been to a couple small engine seminars over the last few years. The ECHO rep did a darn good job of convincing everyone there to stay away from 87 as a general rule. To keep it simple, we've taken a middle of the road approach & put 89 in everything.

KINGjosh · Feb 4, 2005

I run everything the manual says to!

Regular gas or premium gas?

alpine692003

Rhett

lqmustang

alpine692003

Woody82986

lwcmattlifter

rodfather

Eddie B

alpine692003

DR Lawn & Landscape

TClawn

proenterprises

the scaper

Popper357

QualityLawnCare4u

alpine692003

lwcmattlifter

QualityLawnCare4u

truenorthlandscaping

KINGjosh

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