Mitsubishi Eclipse Spyder 3.8 2008. Requires 93octane booster?

Asked by Brad Jun 19, 2022 at 11:59 AM about the 2008 Mitsubishi Eclipse Spyder GT

Question type: General

My wife has a Mitsubishi Eclipse Spyder 3.8 2008. The book says her engine
requires 93 octane. It says she can use 87 Octane for emergencies only and
get back to 93 asap. What is your opinion? Can she use an octane booster? Is
91 good enough? That is all we can find close by. Should she use 91 with no
ethanol? Would that be as good as 93 with ethanol? HELP

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If you can’t find 93 then use the 91 ethanol free (it’s better for the fuel system) and add the required amount of booster to bring the octane up to 93. I had a vehicle once that required 93 and if you tried running anything lower the mpg dropped by half. It only got 8 on premium so it dropped to 4 on regular.

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Generally a high compression engine will need a high octane to prevent engine knock or pre detonation which is bad , If you can get 93 octane then go with that , if only 91 is available you may need to add octane booster . There may be an on line forum for those vehicles it's worth looking into .

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An octane booster will be just fine at every fill up. I used STP Octane Booster for years in my 1970 Pontiac Catalina. The engine required premium gas but would still diesel when I shut it off. Using the octane booster at every fill up solved the problem. So it really does work. Right now it's probably cheaper than using premium too! Hope that helps! Jim

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