Maintenance and Specifications
Octane recommendations
3.5L
V6engine
Yourvehiclewillrunnormallyon87octaneregularfuel.Premiumfuel
willprovideimprovedperformance.
3.5L
V6SHOengine
Yourvehicleisdesignedtorunonregularfuelwithanoctaneratingof
orhigher.Forbestoverallperformance,premiumfuelwithanoctane
87
ratingof91orhigherisrecommended.Theperformancegainedbyusing
premiumfuelwillbemostnoticeableinhotweatherorinsevereduty
applicationssuchastowingatrailer.
Somestationsofferfuelspostedas
87
ЉRegularЉwithanoctanerating
below87,particularlyinhigh
altitudeareas.Fuelswithoctane
(R+M)/2 METHOD
levelsbelow87arenot
recommendedforeitherengine.Donotbeconcernedifyourengine
sometimesknockslightly.However,ifitknocksheavilywhileyouare
usingfuelwiththerecommendedoctanerating,seeyourauthorized
dealertopreventanyenginedamage.
Fuel quality
Ifyouareexperiencingstarting,roughidleorhesitationdriveability
problemsduringacoldstart,tryadifferentbrandofunleadedgasoline.
Iftheproblemspersist,seeyourauthorizeddealer.
Donotaddaftermarketfueladditiveproductstoyourfueltank.It
shouldnotbenecessarytoaddanyaftermarketproductstoyourfuel
tankifyoucontinuetousehighqualityfueloftherecommendedoctane
rating.Theseproductshavenotbeenapprovedforyourengineand
couldcausedamagetothefuelsystem.Repairstocorrecttheeffectsof
usinganaftermarketproductinyourfuelmaynotbecoveredbyyour
warranty.
Manyoftheworld’sautomakersapprovedtheWorld-WideFuelCharter
thatrecommendsgasolinespecificationstoprovideimproved
performanceandemissioncontrolsystemprotectionforyourvehicle.
GasolinesthatmeettheWorld-WideFuelChartershouldbeusedwhen
available.Askyourfuelsupplieraboutgasolinesthatmeetthe
World-WideFuelCharter.
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2011
Taurus
OwnersGuide,2ndPrinting
USA(fus)
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| Model Year | 2011 |
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