I bought a new 09 RDX last year and have put 4500 miles on it so far. The oil life indicater is at 40%.
My question is do I simply rely on that indicator to tell me when my RDX needs an oil change or is there more to it then that? I ask since based on the above stats I will be at over 8000 miles before my first oil change which seems high to me. Granted most of these miles have been higway miles.
I am not very car savvy and this is my first car with a turbo engine. Thanks for the responses.
I own a 2011 RDX. The manual says to use 91 or higher gas, and I fully intend to do so. My question is, if I accidentally fill it with 87 and drive it, will I do any damage to the car? I asked two dealers and they seem to have opposite opinions.
I'm sure the ECU will retard spark timing to compensate and prevent knocking, but the engine would be running out of its ideal tune for that whole tank.
Even if you had to use regular, because that's the only gas available, I'd only put enough to reach another gas station that had premium.
Turbos increase the effective compression ratio so they are far more vulnerable to knock.
Not necessarily, it depends both on the price differential and the driving style. Price issue is obvious and if the driver doesn't go WOT very often the A/F mixture need never be enriched. And we can forget about detonation due to (uphill, towing)engine lugging with an automatic.
When we picked up our '01 Porsche at the factory we were told that fueling with regular would do no harm.
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Mark
My question is do I simply rely on that indicator to tell me when my RDX needs an oil change or is there more to it then that? I ask since based on the above stats I will be at over 8000 miles before my first oil change which seems high to me. Granted most of these miles have been higway miles.
I am not very car savvy and this is my first car with a turbo engine. Thanks for the responses.
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Even if you had to use regular, because that's the only gas available, I'd only put enough to reach another gas station that had premium.
Turbos increase the effective compression ratio so they are far more vulnerable to knock.
The latter is compensated for via the use of EFI to enrich the mixture.
Stick with premium.
Not necessarily, it depends both on the price differential and the driving style. Price issue is obvious and if the driver doesn't go WOT very often the A/F mixture need never be enriched. And we can forget about detonation due to (uphill, towing)engine lugging with an automatic.
When we picked up our '01 Porsche at the factory we were told that fueling with regular would do no harm.
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