OctaneRatingMethodAntiknockIndexIfengine“knocking”or“pinging”occurs,useadifferentbrandofgasolineofahigheroctanerating.Ifthisconditionisallowedtocontinueitcanleadtosevereenginedamage.Gasolinequalityisimportant.Fuelsoflowqualityornotmeetingstandardindustryspecificationsmayresultinunsatisfactoryperformance.Operatingproblemsthatresultfromtheuseofpoorqualityornonrecom-mendedfuelmaynotbecoveredunderyourwarranty.Gasolinefrequentlycontainsoxygenates(alco-holsandethers)especiallyinareasoftheU.S.A.whicharerequiredtosellsuchreformulatedfuelsaspartofastrategytoreduceexhaustemissions.Thetypesandvolumeoffueloxygenatesap-provedforuseinunleadedgasolinebytheU.S.En-vironmentalProtectionAgencyincludeabroadrangeofalcoholsandethers,butonlytwocompo-nentshaveseenanysignificantlevelofcommercialuse.(RON+MON)2MinimumRating90Avoidusingblendsofunleadedgasolineandmethanol(woodalcohol)wheneverpossible,andneveruse“gasohol”containingmorethan5%methanol.Fuelsystemdamageandperformanceproblemsmayresult.Gasoline/EtherBlends-Themostcommonetherismethyltertiarybutylether(MTBE).Youmayusegasolinecontainingupto15%MTBE.GENERALINFORMATION23Gasoline/AlcoholBlends-Gasolinecontainingupto10%ethanol(alcoholproducedfromagricul-turalproductssuchascorn),alsoknownas“gaso-hol”isapprovedforuse.○OtheroxygenatesapprovedforuseinunleadedgasolineincludeTAME(upto16.7%)andETBE(upto17.2%).FuelcontainingtheseoxygenatescanalsobeusedinyourKawasaki.NOTEFuelsContainingOxygenatesNOTICENOTICE
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