Re: Which fuel??
From: Ahmad Rahmati (ahmad@rahmati.com)
Date: Wed 27 Nov 2002 - 16:14:26 EST
Dunk,
I searched a lot on this subject just before leaded was discontinued here
(Iran) for our 504
Valve seats on aluminium heads are hardened (steel) and don't have problems
with unleaded. And her last 2 years, 30'000 - 40000 km.s or so (don't
remember exactly, maybe more) were on unleaded, without any lead replacement
additive. (BTW no pinging, but runs better on super unleaded!)
If you have octane / pinging issues, that's a different matter.
MTBE reduces milage :(
Regards,
Ahmad
----- Original Message -----
From: "dunkthepunk2002" <d.campbell@lancaster.ac.uk>
To: <peugeot-L@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Wednesday, November 27, 2002 5:21 PM
Subject: Which fuel??
> Hi,
> Does anyone know whether my 1984 Talbot Express van (which has a
> 1971cc Peugeot petrol engine) can run on unleaded fuel?
> I've been told by a reliable source that this engine was made with
> hardened valve seats as standard.
> At the moment I'm running it on LRP but it pops and bangs in the
> exhaust on the overrun, so I'd like to switch to unleaded fuel but I
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