INSTRUMENT AND CONTROL FUNCTIONS3-83EAU00185CAUTION:_Immediately wipe off spilled fuelwith a clean, dry, soft cloth, sincefuel may deteriorate painted surfac-es or plastic parts._EAU04265ECA00104CAUTION:_Use only unleaded gasoline. Theuse of leaded gasoline will cause se-vere damage to internal engineparts, such as the valves and pistonrings, as well as to the exhaust sys-tem._Your Yamaha engine has been de-signed to use regular unleaded gaso-line with a pump octane number[(R+M)/2] of 86 or higher, or a researchoctane number of 91 or higher. Ifknocking (or pinging) occurs, use agasoline of a different brand or premi-um unleaded fuel. Use of unleaded fuelwill extend spark plug life and reducemaintenance costs.GasoholThere are two types of gasohol: gaso-hol containing ethanol and that contain-ing methanol. Gasohol containingethanol can be used if the ethanol con-tent does not exceed 10%. Gasoholcontaining methanol is not recom-mended by Yamaha because it cancause damage to the fuel system or ve-hicle performance problems.Recommended fuel:UNLEADED GASOLINE ONLYFuel tank capacity:Total amount:17 L (3.74 Imp gal, 4.49 US gal)Reserve amount:4.5 L (0.99 Imp gal, 1.19 US gal)
