I purchased a 17' GTI Autobahn manual without the performance pack.
When I bought the car, the dealer informed me that this car takes regular gas (87 octane) and that was a definite selling point for me considering my commute is about 70km each way.
I have noticed that my car makes pinging noises when launching car around 1-2k RPM. This leads me to think that there is preignition/early detonation occurring. I don't get any CEL or have any issues when going into boost though, and the car runs fine otherwise. I just don't want to kill my engine by continuing to put regular gas. The car has about 8000km now and some brands of gas are worse than others. Most notably the pinging is worst when using Esso and Costco gas. So far Shell and Canadian Tire are faring better.
For my next tank of gas i'm going to try putting in premium to see how it fares. Has anyone else had any issues running regular gas in their MK7?
When I bought the car, the dealer informed me that this car takes regular gas (87 octane) and that was a definite selling point for me considering my commute is about 70km each way.
I have noticed that my car makes pinging noises when launching car around 1-2k RPM. This leads me to think that there is preignition/early detonation occurring. I don't get any CEL or have any issues when going into boost though, and the car runs fine otherwise. I just don't want to kill my engine by continuing to put regular gas. The car has about 8000km now and some brands of gas are worse than others. Most notably the pinging is worst when using Esso and Costco gas. So far Shell and Canadian Tire are faring better.
For my next tank of gas i'm going to try putting in premium to see how it fares. Has anyone else had any issues running regular gas in their MK7?