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This information has been supplied by Nissan Australia.

Nissan places a high priority on responsible and effective environmental focus.  Accordingly, Nissan has taken a holistic attitude to reduce carbon dioxide emissions, advancing the fuel-economical performance of Nissan engines, extremely proficient transmissions, low weight, high strength vehicle body designs and vehicles with optimised aerodynamics to reduce wind resistance. Some examples of Nissan's advances with this technology are shown in some recently released Nissan vehicles such as the Nissan Murano, Nissan Maxima and Nissan 350Z.

Should I run my Nissan vehicle on fuel which contains ethanol?

If your Nissan vehicle has a manufacture date of 1 January 2004 or later, it is able to operate on ethanol blends of up to 10% ethanol (E10), as long as these conditions are adhered to:

• The fuel (including any ethanol-blend) meets the Australian Fuel Quality Standards criteria,
• The Nissan vehicle has a validated service history that complies with the Nissan recommended service schedules for that Nissan vehicle.
• The fuel blending process ( petrol/ethanol) has been completed at a refinery and the resulting blended fuel has been properly made (i.e., the fuel has not been 'splash' blended).

If your Nissan vehicle has a manufacture date before 1 January 2004, although it may be abale to operate on ethanol-blended unleaded petrol, Nissan does NOT recommend the use of ethanol-blended fuel in these Nissan vehicles.

Should I run my diesel Nissan vehicle on diesel fuel which contains biodiesel?

The AFQS2 (Australian Fuel Quality Standards) are based on EN 5901 which has specified that no more than 5.0 % BIODIESEL3 may be mixed with DIESEL4 fuel.

Nissan states and specifies that DIESEL fuel should be used in all Nissan diesel-engined vehicles.

Nissan cannot recommend the usage of fuel other than DIESEL in Nissan diesel-engined vehicles.

Should I run my Nissan vehicle on LPG?

Nissan does not manufacture, supply, source or recommend LPG equipment for the range of Nissan vehicles on sale in  Australia.

LPG has several major differences from petrol. These include, but are not necessarily limited to: differing combustion temperatures, differing fuel consumption characteristics and differing exhaust emissions.

Therefore, although Nissan vehicles may be capable of operating on LPG, Nissan does NOT recommend the use of LPG fuel in Nissan petrol-engine vehicles.   It should also be noted that Nissan does not warrant the installation of LPG fuel systems to any Nissan vehicles nor is it responsible for any vehicle failure, mechanical or otherwise, attributable to or damage resultant from, any such LPG installation in a Nissan vehicle.

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