BeforeDrivingYourMazda
FuelandEngineExhaustPrecautions
FuelRequirements
VehicleswithcatalyticconvertersoroxygensensorsmustuseONLYUNLEADEDFUEL,
whichwillreduceexhaustemissionsandkeepsparkplugfoulingtoaminimum.
YourMazdawillperformbestwithfuellistedinthetable.
Fuel
OctaneRating*(Anti-knockindex)
Premiumunleadedfuel
91[(R+M)/2method]orabove(96RONorabove)
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U.S.federallawrequiresthatoctaneratingsbepostedongasolinestationpumps.
YoumayusearegularunleadedfuelwithanOctaneRatingfrom87to90(91to95RON)
butthiswillslightlyreduceperformance,suchasreducedengineoutput,andengine
knocking.
Fuelwitharatinglowerthan87octane(91RON)couldcausetheemissioncontrolsystem
toloseeffectiveness.Itcouldalsocauseengineknockingandseriousenginedamage.
CAUTION
ØUSEONLYUNLEADEDFUEL.
Leadedfuelisharmfultothecatalyticconverterandoxygensensorsandwilllead
todeteriorationoftheemissioncontrolsystemandorfailures.
ØYourvehiclecanonlyuseoxygenatedfuelscontainingnomorethan10%ethanol
byvolume.Damagetoyourvehiclemayoccurwhenethanolexceedsthis
recommendation,orifthegasolinecontainsanymethanol.Stopusinggasoholof
anykindifyourvehicleengineisperformingpoorly.
ØNeveraddfuelsystemadditives.Neveraddcleaningagentsotherthanthose
specifiedbyMazda.Othercleaningagentsandadditivesmaydamagethesystem.
ConsultanAuthorizedMazdaDealer.
Gasolineblendedwithoxygenatessuchasalcoholorethercompoundsaregenerally
referredtoasoxygenatedfuels.Thecommongasolineblendthatcanbeusedwithyour
vehicleisethanolblendedatnomorethan10%.Gasolinecontainingalcohol,suchas
ethanolormethanol,maybemarketedunderthename“Gasohol”.
Vehicledamageanddrivabilityproblemsresultingfromtheuseofthefollowingmaynot
becoveredbytheMazdawarranty.
Gasoholcontainingmorethan10%ethanol.
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Gasolineorgasoholcontainingmethanol.
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Leadedfuelorleadedgasohol.
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| Model Year | 2009 |
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