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What will happen if i accidentally put unleaded petrol in my 2004 carrera 4s instead of super unleaded?

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It will ping and spark knock when you get to half a tank add premium if you here it spark knocking just accelerate and it should go away watch the temp gauge to make sure it dont over heat dont continue using regular unleaded it can hurt your engine / spark knock is a double explosion in the piston chamber and can damage the piston and or valves

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The least that could happen is absolutely nothing. On the other hand, you could start to hear "Pinging", IE, Pre-ignition, AKA Detonation. This is when the compression is so high that the fuel explodes before it reaches the top of the stroke. My advice? Drain the gas. On such an expensive car, no need to play dice.

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