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Post Tue Dec 06, 2005 2:20 pm

How do I know what fuel my car takes? G reg 325 touring??
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Post Tue Dec 06, 2005 2:23 pm

I take it you mean, Leaded or Unleaded ?????

It will be Unleaded......
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Post Tue Dec 06, 2005 2:25 pm

It will sometimes say on the inside of the fuel flap, but your car should run on unleaded, and would have run on the old 4 star replacement, not many places that sell this stuff anymore though.
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Post Tue Dec 06, 2005 5:23 pm

Just use ordinary 95 RON unleaded. I think the handbook states 91 RON or higher.
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Post Tue Dec 06, 2005 5:42 pm

TVRTASMIN wrote:Just use ordinary 95 RON unleaded. I think the handbook states 91 RON or higher.
The manual says 95(or 98 4*), I checked the other day after a similar discussion. I just use Optimax, loves it. Especially as it's now back to 91p/l.
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Post Wed Dec 07, 2005 12:18 am

Your car will run quite happily on whatever petrol is available the cheapest in the UK. There is no advantage whatsoever in using petrol with a higher octane rating.
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Post Wed Dec 07, 2005 12:56 am

No, but using unleaded petrol in a car intended to run on LRP may lead to an unfortunate demise of your valves. I run my pre facelift 325i on LRP, as i have never been given a definitive answer as to what it needs. A little bit of unleaded wont do any harm as long as you use LRP now and then......so the guy at BMW told me.
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Post Wed Dec 07, 2005 9:00 am

Theo325 wrote:No, but using unleaded petrol in a car intended to run on LRP may lead to an unfortunate demise of your valves. I run my pre facelift 325i on LRP, as i have never been given a definitive answer as to what it needs. A little bit of unleaded wont do any harm as long as you use LRP now and then......so the guy at BMW told me.
That's a different case alltogether.
OP's car is a 325 on a G plate.
For your car, assuming it was fed the correct fuel in its early years, and the seats haven't been recut, then they will probably be fine on unleaded.
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Post Wed Dec 07, 2005 9:39 am

cheers guys.. Got a bit worried when my brother asked me if it takes unleaded or not! 8O
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