fastquad02blaster Posted April 3, 2010 Report Share Posted April 3, 2010 Just bought an adjustable timing plate from chariot today and a flywheel puller. Thanks for the input guys and I'll let you all know how it turns out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fastquad02blaster Posted April 9, 2010 Author Report Share Posted April 9, 2010 Got my parts: adjustable timing plate by chariot and a flywheel puller. Put it all on my quad today and runs fine. It sucks though. I had to set it at 0 because I just filled the tank with regular unleaded and need to run it out before I mix up some premium. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coupelx Posted April 9, 2010 Report Share Posted April 9, 2010 yamaha specifies a minimum of 91 octane from the factory. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fastquad02blaster Posted April 9, 2010 Author Report Share Posted April 9, 2010 yamaha specifies a minimum of 91 octane from the factory. My bike doesn't say premium fuel only on it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
camatv Posted April 10, 2010 Report Share Posted April 10, 2010 does it have a fuel gauge on it? i know my car says super unlead only on the gauge.. might check the manual.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coupelx Posted April 10, 2010 Report Share Posted April 10, 2010 man this place is going down hill common sense apparently ist so comon anymore. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jereme6655 Posted April 10, 2010 Report Share Posted April 10, 2010 man this place is going down hill common sense apparently ist so comon anymore. haha yea i was thinkin the same thing...but i also know that when it comes to the "premium fuel" labels on cars it can be mis-leading. There are a few car companies that put "premium fuel only" labels on their guages.....when they actually mean QUALITY fuel... those cars can be run fine on 87 oct....the car company just wants to cover their ass in third world countries where they sell dirty fuel. BUT....we're not talkin banshees.... but i think your right....i think the manuals call for 91 oct to be run for safety measures Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbooker82 Posted April 10, 2010 Report Share Posted April 10, 2010 I belive they have a sticker on the LH side of the fuel cap that says 91 octane. When I made my 06 LE look a like I even bought that sticker. (even though I run 185 psi of compression, and 110 octane). I am sure it runs fine on 87. Octane requriements change acording to altitude because the engines compression changes. That is why in the mountains there regular fuel has an octane rating of 85 instead of 87. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fastquad02blaster Posted April 12, 2010 Author Report Share Posted April 12, 2010 It does say on the sticker warning: run premium unleaded only/oil premix. It's always ran good with regular in it. I will definately be sure to run premium with the new timing plate adj to 4. Thanks for all the advice guys. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fastquad02blaster Posted April 13, 2010 Author Report Share Posted April 13, 2010 I had issues with my oil and fuel not staying mixed up good with premium. I just figured it was something to do with the ethanol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
02_twin Posted June 6, 2015 Report Share Posted June 6, 2015 I had issues with my oil and fuel not staying mixed up good with premium. I just figured it was something to do with the ethanol. I have a Solo chainsaw, which is a German brand, and in the operators manual they call it out as ethanol is not gasoline in the section covering mixing fuel. Basically they were recommending not to use blended fuels like ethanol. Only problem is the only place I know around where I live to get pure gasoline is the airport. Last time I did that it was $6+ USD a gallon. It evaporates so fast though. I found I pretty much had to mix it up as I needed it for the day because the oil/fuel ratio skews pretty quickly when it just sits. I started out with 5 gallons of 50:1 and after about a month it smoked like it was at about 30:1. lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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