Is it okay to mix petrol?

[Frix]

Hihi I have a question which suddenly popped up while i was riding my bike.

So my question is. Is it okay to mix petrol?What i mean is that lets say u have 10% left of petrol X in ur tank and for some reason you want to refuel your bike with petrol Y, will it be 'bad' for the engine?

I'm a new rider and fears like suddenly running out of petrol kinda kick in sometimes.

 

hope u guys can enlighten me!! cheers! =)

[redbeacon]

Open up ya bike manual. Read up on the allowed minimum petrol quality (aka RON).

 

As long as ya stay away from anything below your bike's recommended RON, then ya fine to mix em.

 

By the way, moddies -- maybe you could help this dude by moving this thread elsewhere. It's in the wrong subforum.

[ulysses_sc]

It's fine, as long as the petrol meets the minimum RON requirements of your bike.

 

My XR has taken SG Shell, M'sia Esso, and M'sia "dunno-wat-brand-from-rusty-drum" petrol in a single day (quite a few times) without the slightest hic-up.

 

With a low compression ratio, it is far less picky about petrol quality than other high performance bikes out there.

[SparkerS1]

can mix lah, esso RON 98 n 95, shell 95 n 98 n Vpower, caltex, SPC all can mix together, bike only need petrol to run

[Refugee]

just mix and mix... no problem.... as long as its petrol-petrol mix.. lifes great..

 

if its petrol-somethingelse... then lifes turns sour...

 

as advised earlier... dun get a petrol grade below the reccomended.

 

if you accidentedly pump 92 when your bike needs 95... then pump 98 in to equal out...

[pimpthugsta]

What is the minimum RON for KRR?

[Refugee]

modern engines usually work with 95 and above.... however, thats just a speculation... check with fellow KRR riders...

[pimpthugsta]

ok... but KRR modern meh? like old already leh the bike hahas... anyways i use 92 cos i always no money.

[Pplater]

modern engines usually work with 95 and above.... however, thats just a speculation... check with fellow KRR riders...

 

Surprise surprise... the Super4 uses RON 91 and above.. But then.. maybe its not so modern leh...

[KwanYu]

aiya, it's not abt modern or not. usually economical bike should be able to accept low RON, because they are not demanding in power than the performance bikes which requires high compression ratio to squeeze out max output.

[Frix]

Ha ha ok thx thx now i noe i can rojak my fuel tank keke! but for now i use 98 cuz even abit more expensive i think its better ^_^

[Guest NPNT]

Using 98 when the minimum requirement is a 92 will not have a boost effect on the bike. Its in fact, a placebo effect.

 

For even more added boost, u might want to consider mixing ur petrol with diesel in the ratio 10:1, that is 10 units of petrol to 1 unit of diesel.

[YEN96]

mix how and watever petrol u want !

 

Better still tell me what brand petrol mix to get the "best petrol" haha

 

40% V-power + 30% petronas + 30% caltex platinum...hahahha

[Wayang]

hahaha.. i tot of tat once.. go to the various petrol stations n pump their best petrol.. so in the end get the best cocktail petrol there is.. lolz

[redbeacon]

If ya were to ask me, I wouldn't mind using the expensive (eg) V-Power for its cleaning properties, as advertised. But it'll be done once every 2 or 3 mid-grade petrol pumps.

 

RON is just a scientific number...

The petrol guys just know howta make $$ from it.

 

Need to be an expert in engine compression to appreciate the use of higher octane-grade fuels, IMO

It's like an athlete needing more water than that of a person not running; the latter would not benefit that much from it.