fuel additives VOLKSWAGEN GOLF PLUS 2012 Owners Manual

Octane rating
the correct grade of gasoline is very tant to help prevem eng in e damage and loss of gin e performance.
The recommended gaso line octane rating for your en gine is lis ted o n a label in side of the fuel filler
flap. This rating may be specified accordin g to (CLC) or standards.
gra de gaso line is specified
for your vehic le, then Volkswage n recommends using Detergent Gasoline with a imum octane ratin g (95 Dete rgent Gasoline,
plea se go to the
tane r a tin gs, whi ch can usuall y be found on the fille r pump:
gra d e: 91 to 96
Regular grade: 87 to
gasoline
an d Ca nada. Volkswagen recommends that you do not take your vehicle leaded gaso line may no t be availabl e.
Gasoline con taining alcohol or MTBE
You may use unleaded ga so lin e b lended
oxygenated fue ls, if the
b lended mixtur e meets th e followin g crite ria:
Blends
of gasoli ne and m ethanol (wood alcoho l or methyl alcohol):
Ami-Knoc k must be 87 or hi gh er.
Blend must contain no more than 3%
Blend must contain more tha n 2% co-solvents.
Blends of gaso line and ethanol (grain alcohol or ethyl a lcohol):
A nti-Knock Ind ex (AKI) m ust be 87 or high er.
Blend mu st in no more than ethanol.
At the gas station
Blends of gasoline and MTBE:
Anti- Knock In dex
Blend must contain no more than 15% MTBE.
Seasonally adjusted gasoline
Many fuels are bl ended especially fo r w in te r or summer condit ions. Whe n seasons change,
Neve r use fuel with an octane rating lower than 87 AKI/91 lower octane fu el may cause expensive e n gine damage.
Neve r use leaded gasoline! Leaded gasoline will severely damage your vehicle's cat a lytic verter.
MetJ1anol-blended fuel s that do not meet the criteria listed above may cause corrosion, and damage to pla sti c and rubber parts in the fu el system.
Never use fuels tJ1at contain lead or oth e r metals (chec k listin g on the fu el pump). Even lead replacement petrol fu els) contain metalli c additives in high concentrations. They can damage the engin e.
Do not use fuel s that fail to meet the criteria
above, or with contents that cannot be identi.fied.
If you cannot tell w hether a particular fuel
b lend meets the criteria above, ask your serv ice station or its fuel supplier.
fuels that arc different fr om those ified above can damage your ve hicle's engine a nd
fu el system and cause performance problems.
damage and p erformance problems are not the responsibility of Volk swagen and are n o t
covered under the Em ission warranties or any other Volkswagen Limited Warranty.
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Eve n a sin gle ta nk full of lead ed fue l can d e­gr ad e th e effe ctive ness of the catalytic co n­
ve rter a nd damage it severely .
additives
Additives are use d t o improve the qu alit y of the
gas olin e.
F u el
quality impacts the o pe ra tin g performa nce.
efficie ncy and serv ice life of the eng in e. Th ere fo re.
use qua lit y gaso line with ble nd ed additi ves. The
additives prov id e corros io n protection , clean th e
fu el sys te m , and p revent deposits on the engi ne.
Volkswagen recommends Tl ER Dete rgem
G asol in e. Fo r more informatio n on De­
t e rge m Gasoline, please go to the offi cial websit e \V\Vw.topti ergas .com.
quality gaso line w ith additives is not availabl e o r
e n gi ne m alf u nctio ns occur, th e require d additi ves
s h o uld be added whil e refue ling.
While driving
you notice a loss of fu el econ o m y o r driv­ab ilit y a nd perform ance pro bl em s usin g o ne of these fuel bl ends. we recommend that you switch to unble nded fu el. Neve r use fu e l lin e anti­
f reeze offe red fo r gaso line
No t all gaso line additives are effective . Volkswage n
recomme nds usin g o nly additi ves approve d by
Volksw age n. Appropriate additi ves as well as in­stru ctions on h ow to use th em are availa bl e fr o m
yo ur authorized Volkswage n dea le r or autho rized Vol ksw age n Serv ice Facility. Do not ad d an y other gasolin e addit ives.
Not e
You can damage the e ngine by using imprope r