87 octane or 93 for BMWs

Asked by David Jun 15, 2020 at 08:17 PM about the 2015 BMW X1 sDrive28i RWD

Question type: Maintenance & Repair

People wanting to know if it will hurt
their car using low grade.

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Low octane gas can damage your engine if you end up with detonation (ping) the computer can compensate for low octane to a point but you will probably lose power and fuel economy due to retarded timing.

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I was told that regular unleaded is ok to use unless your are experiencing issues like pinging... otherwise not necessary.

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