Fuel Requirements; Starting And Stopping Engine; Safety Precautions - Subaru IMPREZA Manual

Fuel

Fuel requirements

Do not let fuel spill on the exterior
surfaces of the vehicle. Because
fuel may damage the paint, be sure
to wipe off any spilled fuel quickly.
Paint damage caused by spilled fuel
is not covered under the SUBARU
Limited Warranty.
Your engine is designed to provide satis-
factory performance while producing low
exhaust emissions by using unleaded
petrol with an octane rating of 90 or high-
er.
This octane rating is the Research Octane
Number (RON).
For optimum engine performance and
driveability, it is recommended that you
use premium grade unleaded petrol.
Unleaded petrol
The neck of the fuel filler pipe is designed
to accept only an unleaded petrol filler
nozzle. Under no circumstances should
leaded petrol be used because it will dam-
age the emission control system and may
impair driveability and fuel economy. Also,
this can increase maintenance costs.
Use of a petrol which is low in qual-
ity or use of an inappropriate petrol
additive may cause engine damage.
NOTE
No particular brand of fuel is recom-
mended for use in your SUBARU, how-
ever, fuel companies
different types of additives some of
which are incompatible with the design
of the horizontally opposed (boxer) en-
gine used in SUBARU vehicles.
It is recommended therefore that one bot-
tle of SUBARU "Fuel additive" part no.
SA718 be added to the fuel tank every
6,000 km. This will ensure that your vehi-
cle, when combined with regular routine
recommended maintenance, runs at opti-
mum efficiency and that the combustion
chamber and intake tracts remain free of
carbon build up thereby providing peak
performance and ease of starting.

Starting and stopping engine

Once you enter the vehicle carrying the
access key, the power can be switched
and the engine can be started.

Safety precautions

If you wear an implanted pacemaker
use many
or an implanted defibrillator, stay at
least 22 cm (8.7 in) away from the
transmitting antennas installed on
the vehicle.
The radio waves from the transmit-
ting antennas on the vehicle could
adversely affect the operation of im-
planted pacemakers and implanted
defibrillators.
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