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Octane Rating Instructions Opel Tigra A

DOHC Petrol Engine ~119 words

Information on Octane Number Specifications

The octane numbers in bold face in the following tables indicate the factory-recommended fuels for the respective engine.

For footnotes and abbreviations, refer to the following table:

  1. If unleaded premium fuel is not available, use of unleaded regular fuel with 91 RON is possible if high engine loads, full load operation and hill-climbing with trailer or heavy payloads are avoided.
  2. When using normal fuel with 91 RON less power and engine speed loss.
  3. If unleaded premium fuel is not available, unleaded regular normal fuel with 91 RON may be used. The coding plug available from "Parts and Accessories" must be used for this. See following table.
Model/engineCoding plugPart no.Catalogue no.
Astra-FC 14 SE MTyellow 95/9190 241 96312 86 527
Astra-FC 14 SE ATblack 95/9190 276 39712 86 521
Astra-FC 16 SEblack 95/9190 276 39712 86 521
(except Estate MT)
Astra-FC 16 SEyellow 95/9190 241 96312 86 527
Estate MT

DIS = Direct Ignition System