Acura 2004 TSX - Owner's Manual User Manual

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During this period:

Avoid full-throttle starts and rapid
acceleration.

We recommend gasolines containing
detergent additives that help prevent
fuel system and engine deposits.

Avoid hard braking. New brakes
need to be broken-in by moderate
use for the first 200 miles (300
km).

Open the fuel fill door by pushing
on the handle to the left of the
driver’s seat.

Help assure your car’s future
reliability and performance by paying
extra attention to how you drive
during the first 600 miles (1,000 km).

Because the fuel fill cap is on the
driver’s side of the car, park with
that side closest to the service
station pumps.

Using gasoline containing lead will
damage your car’s emissions
controls. This contributes to air
pollution.

You should follow these same re-
commendations with an overhauled
or exchanged engine, or when the
brakes are relined.

Do not change the oil until the
recommended time or mileage
interval shown in the maintenance
schedule.

Your Acura is designed to operate on
premium unleaded gasoline with a
pump octane number of 91 or higher.
Use of a lower octane gasoline can
cause a persistent, heavy metallic
rapping noise in the engine that can
lead to mechanical damage.

In Canada, some gasolines contain
an octane-enhancing additive called
MMT. If you use such gasolines,
your emissions control system
performance may deteriorate and
the Malfunction Indicator Lamp on
your instrument panel may turn on.
If this happens, contact your
authorized Acura dealer for service.

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Bef ore Driving

Break-in Period

Gasoline

Filling the Fuel Tank

Break-in Period, Gasoline, Service Station Procedures

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