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01-03-2015, 08:38 AM
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What type of gas you using??
I will be making a purchase on a gas RV very shortly. I am curious what type of gas all you "gassers" are putting in your tanks. Regular, mid, premium? I only put mid or premium in my truck. However, not sure of the recommendation of these Rv's.
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01-03-2015, 08:43 AM
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Registered User
Tiffin Owners Club Ford Super Duty Owner
Join Date: Sep 2012
Location: North Port, Fl
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Regular on my 2014 ford v10.
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01-03-2015, 08:47 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2014
Location: Kentucky
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Mine calls for regular 87 octane
John/Lynette
1997 Fleetwood Bounder (Ford F53 V-8 460)
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2021 Chevy Equinox Premier Toad
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01-03-2015, 08:50 AM
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Community Administrator
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I used regular 87 because my manual from Ford called for that. You should always do what the MFG recommends or better if you wish.
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01-03-2015, 09:02 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2011
Location: Ft wayne Indiana
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I've been running mid gets better milage and has more power, cost isn't that much different. 1995 f53 460 really see the difference on the hills.
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01-03-2015, 09:12 AM
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Senior Member
Fleetwood Owners Club
Join Date: May 2011
Location: Southwest
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Run what the manufacturer recommends. Any higher octane, and you're wasting your money.
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2012 Discovery 36J, Blue Ox and Air Force One, 2010 GMC Acadia Toad
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01-03-2015, 09:24 AM
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Senior Member
Fleetwood Owners Club Ford Super Duty Owner
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Location: SoCal
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Cheapest I can find. And pay for it with a PENFEN credit card to get 5% discount.
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Vince and Susan
2011 Tiffin Phaeton 40QTH (Cummins ISC/Freightliner)
Flat towing a modified 2005 Jeep (Rubicon Wrangler)
Previously a 2002 Fleetwood Pace Arrow 37A and a 1995 Safari Trek 2830.
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01-03-2015, 09:25 AM
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Location: Anacortes, WA (Stick & Brick)
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x2 on pagasajoe. We live near a pair of refineries and all the gas stations within a hundred miles or so all get their gas from them. The only difference from tanker to tanker is the proprietary additive formula added in at the time the tanker is filled.
Our '02 V-10 and our '03 Kia Sedona have had regular from the time we bought them, mostly from Costco, a local tribal Chevron or Safeway.
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ex-pat Brits (1968) and ex-RVers.
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01-03-2015, 09:31 AM
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Junior Member
Tiffin Owners Club
Join Date: Jan 2015
Location: TRAVERSE CITY MI.
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More important is the brand. Check out this site.
toptiergas.com
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01-03-2015, 10:02 AM
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Senior Member
Vintage RV Owners Club Fleetwood Owners Club iRV2 No Limits Club
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Location: Gosnell, AR
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I have used regular and premium in our 1987 MH on a P30 chassis with a 454. I get better mileage and power with the premium level of fuel. There is no pinging or other problems with regular, but I like the extra mileage and power. Is there a ROI? probably not, but the other factors make up for it.
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1987 Southwind, 1995 Ford F150 Supercab 4X4 toad
Life in the fast lane? No thanks! We will stop and smell the flowers at every chance.
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01-03-2015, 06:24 PM
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Senior Member
Fleetwood Owners Club
Join Date: Nov 2013
Location: Sunrise In Central Nebraska
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87 octane, that's what my Ford owner's manual says to use. As pagosajoe stated you are probably just wasting your money on higher octane.
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98 Fleetwood Pace Arrow, 35U
97 Ford F53 chassis
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01-03-2015, 09:00 PM
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Senior Member
Fleetwood Owners Club Ford Super Duty Owner
Join Date: Jun 2014
Location: Wichita, Kansas
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I run 87 Octane non ethanol fuel.
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1999 Bounder 34J, V-10, F53 chassis, Banks Power System, Safe T Plus Steering Control.
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01-03-2015, 09:06 PM
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Community Administrator
Fleetwood Owners Club Workhorse Chassis Owner
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Location: Marquette, Michigan "Da UP" & Lehigh Acres Florida
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Filled with hi test one time because they were out of regular and selling at the same price, really no difference between the two of them going down the road that I could see or feel.
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06 Pace Arrow 38L Workhorse W24
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01-04-2015, 08:53 AM
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Moderator Emeritus
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Location: West Palm Beach, FL. USA
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Any gas RV since about 1990 (and probably before that) is designed to run on unleaded regular. It's a standard automobile and light pick-up truck engine, either Ford or GM.
Despite what you may feel, there is no theoretical advantage in using a higher grade fuel. All you are doing is paying more for an attribute (anti-knock properties) that you don't need and cannot utilize because the compression ratio of the engine is fixed (higher compression is needed to extract more energy from mid-grade fuel). However, in some regions or some brands, the mid-grade may not contain ethanol while the regular grade does, so that would produce an energy and mpg difference in an engine designed for regular fuel. That difference is increasingly unavailable as the refineries now belnd ethanol in most everything is response to the federal "renewable fuels" mandate.
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Former owner of 2004 American Tradition and several other RVs
Home is West Palm Beach, FL
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