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t when I put 95 in it today. 
my93wrx said:
remember to run the 2.0 T FSI on (98 octane fuel (V Power or Tesco 99 ron), if you run it on lesser fuels the engine pings and the ignition retards and you get less power. The fuel filer cap also reminds you to use 98 although will run on 95/97.
Our Octavia vRS has had only supermarket 95 for the past three years and seems incredibly fit for a 200hp car. You won't notice much difference running super unless the car is remaped IMHO - we ran four tanks of Tesco 99 through ours for experimental sakes (I moaned that it should be drinking better stuff) and you would honestly have been guessing to tell the difference.Saying that you may well get slightly better mpg and the Shell stuff in particular has cleaning benefits but don't be put off thinking that it NEEDS 98 octane to get the full 'experience' - it dosen't and certainly the 200hp engine will run happily on 95 (the larger output S3 and Leon Cupra versions may be different though).
mark_mcd said:
my93wrx said:
remember to run the 2.0 T FSI on (98 octane fuel (V Power or Tesco 99 ron), if you run it on lesser fuels the engine pings and the ignition retards and you get less power. The fuel filer cap also reminds you to use 98 although will run on 95/97.
Our Octavia vRS has had only supermarket 95 for the past three years and seems incredibly fit for a 200hp car. You won't notice much difference running super unless the car is remaped IMHO - we ran four tanks of Tesco 99 through ours for experimental sakes (I moaned that it should be drinking better stuff) and you would honestly have been guessing to tell the difference.Saying that you may well get slightly better mpg and the Shell stuff in particular has cleaning benefits but don't be put off thinking that it NEEDS 98 octane to get the full 'experience' - it dosen't and certainly the 200hp engine will run happily on 95 (the larger output S3 and Leon Cupra versions may be different though).
my93wrx said:
VW advise you run it on 98 RON, if thats what the engineers who made the engine advise then thats what you should run it on. My experience of the only time it had 95 RON it started pinking and wasn't happy. the manual backs this up and even the filler cap lid has a sticker to advise 98 RON, but every car built for the uk market has to be able to use 95 RON.
I seem to recall that the only downside to running the car on 95 according to the manual was possibility of reduced performance. The filler lid has 98 with a smaller 95 I believe (or something to that effect) i.e. 98 recommended but will take 95. I'm not really that bothered either way, all I am saying is that my dads 2.0tfsi car has been run on cheapo 95 supermarket stuff (usually Asda if that matters) since new (has done approx 25k now), is driven pretty hard and certainly does not 'pink'.Gassing Station | Audi, Seat, Skoda & VW | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff