Information - Toyota Tacoma Manual

6-1. Specifications
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Toyota recommends the use of gasoline containing detergent additives
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Toyota recommends the use of gasoline that contains detergent additives
to avoid build-up of engine deposits.
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All gasoline sold in the U.S. contains minimum detergent additives to
clean and/or keep clean intake systems, per EPA's lowest additives
concentration program.
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Toyota strongly recommends the use of Top Tier Detergent Gasoline. For
more information on Top Tier Detergent Gasoline and a list of marketers,
please go to the official website www.toptiergas.com.
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Toyota recommends the use of cleaner burning gasoline
Cleaner burning gasoline, including reformulated gasoline that contains
oxygenates such as ethanol or MTBE (Methyl Tertiary Butyl Ether) is
available in many areas.
Toyota recommends the use of cleaner burning gasoline and appropriately
blended reformulated gasoline. These types of gasoline provide excellent
vehicle performance, reduce vehicle emissions and improve air quality.
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Toyota does not recommend blended gasoline
DO NOT use gasoline
containing more than
15% ethanol.
(30% ethanol)
(50% ethanol)
(85% ethanol)
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If you use gasohol in your Toyota, be sure that it has an octane rating no
lower than 87.
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Toyota does not recommend the use of gasoline containing methanol.
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Use only gasoline containing up to 15%
ethanol.
DO NOT use any flex-fuel or gasoline
that could contain more than 15% etha-
nol, including from any pump labeled
E30, E50, E85 (which are only some
examples of fuel containing more than
15% ethanol).