Have just spent all afternoon reading about blown 118 and massive discussion re fuel quality.
Have ordered Golf 118TSI and really nervous, but hoping VW will restore reputation.
Anyway
Was informed by dealer at start of looking at golf, that it is OK to use R92 for short period, if R95 not available.
(Living in country area) However return to R95 asap, otherwise the ECU would drop performance to accomodate R92, and would have to be returned to service dept for resetting.
Also, in later discussion did tell me R98 much better, as better fuel economy results. Happy to say BP R98 as well as Caltex available here. Will only use R98
But also note many users change settings of ECU with something called APR. (For more performance?)
Now I am puzzled, after the big concern re reliability, and take care to use best fuel, why modify operating parameters by a third party? Apart from warrenty issues, is this saying VW do not know how to design their engine? Or is it a trade off for performance against fuel economy?
Have ordered Golf 118TSI and really nervous, but hoping VW will restore reputation.
Anyway
Was informed by dealer at start of looking at golf, that it is OK to use R92 for short period, if R95 not available.
(Living in country area) However return to R95 asap, otherwise the ECU would drop performance to accomodate R92, and would have to be returned to service dept for resetting.
Also, in later discussion did tell me R98 much better, as better fuel economy results. Happy to say BP R98 as well as Caltex available here. Will only use R98
But also note many users change settings of ECU with something called APR. (For more performance?)
Now I am puzzled, after the big concern re reliability, and take care to use best fuel, why modify operating parameters by a third party? Apart from warrenty issues, is this saying VW do not know how to design their engine? Or is it a trade off for performance against fuel economy?
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