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FUEL AND OIL
Recommended Fuel
Vehicles with Valid Warranty (Octane Level Switch Disabled)
Use super unleaded gasoline, available from most service stations or
oxygenated fuel containing less than 10% of ethanol or 5% of meth-
anol. The gasoline used must have an octane number (R + M)/2 of
91 or higher.
NOTE:
In most service station pump octane number corresponds to
(R + M)/2 octane number.
Vehicles without Warranty (Octane Level Switch Enabled)
Use one of the three following fuels depending of the type of racing.
1. Super unleaded gasoline, available from most service stations or
oxygenated fuel containing less than 10% of ethanol or 5% of meth-
anol. The gasoline used must have an octane number (R + M)/2 of
91 or higher.
2. Racing fuel with motor octane number of 100.
3. Racing fuel with motor octane number of 108 and more.
Use octane level switch to select octane level corresponding to the
fuel octane number used.
All Vehicles
CAUTION:
Never experiment with other fuels or fuel ratios. The
use of unrecommended fuel can result in snowmobile perfor-
mance deterioration and damage to critical parts in the fuel sys-
tem and engine components.
WARNING
Fuel may be pressurized, open cap slowly. Fuel is flammable
and explosive. Never use an open flame to check fuel level.
Never smoke or allow flame or spark in vicinity. Never top up
the fuel tank before placing the vehicle in a warm area. As tem-
perature increases, fuel expands and may overflow. Always
wipe off any fuel spillage from the vehicle.
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