Ok I know some one here must know. Does the FJ engine require premium or was it an error on Toyota's part and it only needs unleaded. I have gotten conflicting stories from the gas door label to head mechanics to the gas polls I hope some one know this would be helpful to us all. If a tread existed point me there please thanks, Jonesy
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They used premium for the HP certification, thus the premium label.
Here's a memo issued by Toyota just prior to the launch in 2006 explaining it:
The fuel economy numbers are probably accurate as the EPA (and Transport Canada) tests would have been done with the reccomended fuel which is regular--despite the sticker. The HP using regular fuel is the same as the other models that share that engine (Tacoma, 4Runner, Tundra) - 236 and 266 Lb.ft.
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Because the price of oil, it was a move by Toyota to make sure they keep selling FJ's. People don't want to spend $3.00 extra per tank to buy super. Seems silly to even buy an SUV if it is a concern.
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I try to run nothing but Sunoco Ultra 94. I agree that if gas is a big concern, the FJ is not the best option. You won't have problems with running lower octane, but you won't get top performance. I like Sunoco because they are the only company where you can trust the octane rating on the pump. They mix on site. With other gas stations, you have to trust that the octane rating is accurate..... often it is not. With sunoco, you know what you are getting.
Oh I forgot, If you add a Unichip, you can have it custom tuned for different octane ratings. I have mine performance tuned on map A for 93 octane, and I have it economy tuned on map B for 87. If I have to run low octane gas, I just switch to map B and I'm good to go!
In olden days of yore/lore... I used Amoco Ultimate (we called it white gas, because it didn't stain the carbs) every day and sunoco when I could get it. Anyone that has spent a lot of time building carb's will not use red gas Ron
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I try to run nothing but Sunoco Ultra 94. I agree that if gas is a big concern, the FJ is not the best option. You won't have problems with running lower octane, but you won't get top performance. I like Sunoco because they are the only company where you can trust the octane rating on the pump. They mix on site. With other gas stations, you have to trust that the octane rating is accurate..... often it is not. With sunoco, you know what you are getting.
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