2007 Chrysler Crossfire Owner Manual - Page 188

188 STARTING AND OPERATING MMT in Gasoline MMT is a manganese containing metallic additive that is blended into some gasolines to increase the octane number. Gasolines blended with MMT offer no performance advantage beyond gasolines of the same octane number without MMT. Gasolines blended with MMT have shown to reduce spark plug life and reduce emission system performance in some vehicles. DaimlerChrysler Corporation recommends using gasolines without MMT. Since the MMT content of gasoline may not be indicated on the pump, you should ask your gasoline retailer whether or not his/her gasoline contains MMT. MMT is prohibited in both Federal and California reformulated gasolines. In Canada, MMT can be used at levels higher than those allowed in the United States. For this reason, it is even more important to look for gasolines without MMT in Canada. Materials Added to Fuel All gasoline sold in the United States is required to contain effective detergent additives. Use of additional detergents or other additives is not needed under normal conditions and would result in unnecessary cost. Therefore, you should not have to add anything to the fuel. Sulfur in Gasoline If you live in the Northeast United States, your vehicle may have been designed to meet California low emission standards with cleaner burning California reformulated gasoline with low sulfur. If such fuels are not available in states adopting California emission standards, your vehicle will operate satisfactorily on fuels meeting Federal specifications, but emission control system performance may be adversely affected. Gasoline sold outside of California is permitted to have higher sulfur levels, which may affect the performance of the vehicle's catalytic converter. This may cause the CHECK ENGINE light to illuminate. DaimlerChrysler Corporation recommends that you try a different brand