[SunRescue] re: Unleaded Gas in the [US|UK|other]

[Ken Hansen]

My 1967 Mustang wants leaded gas, needs leaded gas, but I can't get leaded gas anywhere near me, so I have to go to the auto parts store and get a jug of lead substitute and "enrich" unleaded gas for use in my car.

They used to sell liquid lead in a can ("Real Lead" I think it was called), but that was pulled of the market.

I could convert my engine to run on unleaded gas, but that would essentially require me having the engine torn-apart and then put back together - a non-trivial event.

My other car, a Land Rover Discovery get about 14 MPG, but that is because it is full-time 4 wheel drive. I don't mind, because I can damn-near scale a building with that thing (and have nearly done so ;^)...

Ken

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Message: 4
Date: Wed, 4 Apr 2001 11:35:12 +0100
From: David Cantrell <david at cantrell.org.uk>
To: rescue at sunhelp.org
Subject: Re: [SunRescue] OT: CA: It's Our Turn
Reply-To: rescue at sunhelp.org

"Cyrus M. Reed" <reedc at cc.wwu.edu> wrote:

> Also consider that leaded gas also puts out a lower amount of harmful
> emissions than unleaded gas for short trips.  The catalytic converter
> doesn't heat up as much as for longer trips, and unleaded gas actually
> burns less clean on it's own than leaded.  Now think about a short trip to
> the grocery store in an SUV... I'll bet that at 7mpg, there aren't many
> long trips made in those monster SUV's.  Ick.

I'm very pleased to have found a small chain of filling stations still
selling leaded petrol in .uk.  Apparently it's legal cos they have some
deal with a bunch of classic car clubs.  One of which I am a member of.

I don't actually need leaded fuel myself - the engine in my truck is,
being a military vehicle, designed to take any old shit cos you can't
guarantee the quality of fuel supplies when you're off invading third
world countries - *but* their leaded fuel is very high octane.  Although
they sell it as four-star, it's as near as dammit five-star.  Weeeeee!
They're amongst the cheaper suppliers too!

http://www.leadedpetrol.co.uk/ if anyone else wants it.