What fuel type does the 1997 land rover discovery use?

Iwant to get a 1997 land rover discovery (automatic, with a V8 engine) and i want to know hat type of fuel does it use. I am hoping that it can use regular and if it uses premium can it use regular fuel.|||A car engine is designed to operate on a certain octane. High octane fuel burns slower which allows for high compression. Not putting the right octane fuel in a car will negatively effect performance. If a car is designed for 87 octane putting 93 octane will actually hurt performance.


You can get away with running lower than recommended octane in a car as long as you don't hear the engine "pinging" which is fuel burning too fast in the cylinder. If your going to be traveling in the mountains or towing a boat you should put the correct octane in the car. If your just driving in the city you can get away with lower octane.


I don't know what type of fuel a 97' land rover uses but your better off always putting the right octane fuel in a car, not higher not lower.|||I have a 2000 LR discovery and it takes 89 octane... There is a significant difference from the disco models before 99-2004. Those are considered Series I where as mine is a Series II.

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