Posted by Chris Shearer Cooper on November 19, 2005, 12:35 am
We got a Prius about a month ago, and so far it seems like the car is
happier with premium gas. With low-octane gas, when the gas engine shuts
off, it doesn't do so smoothly - it kind of "ka-chugs" a couple of times
before stopping. Is this normal?
Thanks!
Chris
Posted by Bill on November 19, 2005, 12:53 am
> We got a Prius about a month ago, and so far it seems like the car is
> happier with premium gas. With low-octane gas, when the gas engine shuts
> off, it doesn't do so smoothly - it kind of "ka-chugs" a couple of times
> before stopping. Is this normal?
> Thanks!
> Chris
Mine does that sometimes when it is cold. I understand this is common. I
use 87 octane and that works fine.
Posted by Chris Shearer Cooper on November 19, 2005, 1:24 am
Cold like the weather is cold, or like right after the car has first
started?
I am pretty sure it does this for me even after the car has been running for
a while ...
>> We got a Prius about a month ago, and so far it seems like the car is
>> happier with premium gas. With low-octane gas, when the gas engine shuts
>> off, it doesn't do so smoothly - it kind of "ka-chugs" a couple of times
>> before stopping. Is this normal?
>>
>> Thanks!
>> Chris
>>
> Mine does that sometimes when it is cold. I understand this is common. I
> use 87 octane and that works fine.
>
Posted by Bill on November 19, 2005, 3:03 am
> Cold like the weather is cold, or like right after the car has first
> started?
> I am pretty sure it does this for me even after the car has been running
> for a while ...
Mine had done this a few times in both winter and summer weather (I'm in
Minnesota) but to the best of my recollection, only when the engine was
cold. Sometimes I think it has a conflict of interest: It wants to shut
down because I'm not putting a load on it but it wants to keep running
because my catalytic converter hasn't warmed yet.
Posted by richard schumacher on November 19, 2005, 1:45 am
> We got a Prius about a month ago, and so far it seems like the car is
> happier with premium gas. With low-octane gas, when the gas engine shuts
> off, it doesn't do so smoothly - it kind of "ka-chugs" a couple of times
> before stopping. Is this normal?
It's normal. The engine is burning off the last little bit of gas so it
doesn't evaporate (evaporated gas being a worse pollutant than burned
gas). Prius never needs premium; if it ever pings, it needs a repair.
> happier with premium gas. With low-octane gas, when the gas engine shuts
> off, it doesn't do so smoothly - it kind of "ka-chugs" a couple of times
> before stopping. Is this normal?
> Thanks!
> Chris