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1. Fuel/overheating (score: 1): Author: jello@dns.ida.net (Phil Bates); Date: Thu, 13 Jun 1996 00:04:43 -0600; I recently moved from PA to Idaho. Now my 67 MGB runs hot. I was thinking= it may be due to the elevation (now at 4350 ft), but that should make me run= =20 rich, not lean. Changed my thermostat, tha; /html/mgs/1996-06/msg00383.html (8,448 bytes)
2. Re: Fuel/overheating (score: 1): Author: MGBCHRIS@aol.com; Date: Thu, 13 Jun 1996 14:54:10 -0400; The standard theory is that higher octane fuel is less volatile, so that being the case, detonation should definitely not be a problem. Poor spark with a high octane fuel may cause misfiring due to p; /html/mgs/1996-06/msg00390.html (8,562 bytes)
3. Re: Fuel/overheating (score: 1): Author: Ulix Goettsch <ulix@u.washington.edu>; Date: Thu, 13 Jun 1996 15:42:34 -0700 (PDT); I thought I had read that the lead was added to increase the octane and that the lubricating effect was an unexpected byproduct. Not that it matters, Ulix __/__,__ ________/____,,_______ ............; /html/mgs/1996-06/msg00406.html (7,961 bytes)
4. Re: Fuel/overheating (score: 1): Author: MGBCHRIS@aol.com; Date: Thu, 13 Jun 1996 15:01:11 -0400; The standard theory is that higher octane fuel is less volatile, so that being the case, detonation should definitely not be a problem. Poor spark with a high octane fuel may cause misfiring due to p; /html/mgs/1996-06/msg00409.html (8,820 bytes)
5. Re: Fuel/overheating (score: 1): Author: Glen Eldridge <glenel@infobahnos.com>; Date: Fri, 14 Jun 1996 00:48:37 -0400; gasoline, and its lubricant properties were only discovered afterwards. In a former life, I was an aircraft mechanic on fixed-wing aircraft, which at the time (early 60's) ran on fuel with an octane; /html/mgs/1996-06/msg00419.html (9,377 bytes)
6. fuel/overheating (score: 1): Author: Glen Eldridge <glenel@infobahnos.com>; Date: Fri, 14 Jun 1996 07:46:48 -0400; Step one, open mouth step two, insert foot..... Chalk it up to anything but a Freudian slip......., or maybe STP is really midnight oil....... TCP, the miracle additive, reduced octane ratings by pre; /html/mgs/1996-06/msg00426.html (8,166 bytes)
7. Re: Fuel/overheating (score: 1): Author: jurrasm@genesis.torrco.com (Mark Jurras); Date: Fri, 14 Jun 1996 07:53:00 -0400; That's the way I understood it too. I remember (in a former life, I'm can't be that old) that service stations sold regular and Ethyl gasoline. Ethyl had tetraethyl lead added for higher performance; /html/mgs/1996-06/msg00428.html (8,280 bytes)
8. Re: Fuel/overheating (score: 1): Author: jurrasm@genesis.torrco.com (Mark Jurras); Date: Fri, 14 Jun 1996 08:54:25 -0400; Isn't the air density LOWER at higher altitude. - -Mark = =o&o; /html/mgs/1996-06/msg00430.html (8,132 bytes)
9. Re: Fuel/overheating (score: 1): Author: "W. R. Gibbons" <gibbons@northpole.med.uvm.edu>; Date: Fri, 14 Jun 1996 09:12:10 -0400 (EDT); I believe tetraethyl lead was added to fuel to increase its octane rating, not to lubricate valves. I doubt anyone realized it lubricated valves until well after it began to be used. In fact, premium; /html/mgs/1996-06/msg00431.html (8,934 bytes)
10. Re: Fuel/Overheating (score: 1): Author: Bert.Otten@nni.nl; Date: Fri, 14 Jun 1996 16:17:34 +0100; I recently moved from PA to Idaho. Now my 67 MGB runs hot. I was thinking it may be due to the elevation (now at 4350 ft), but that should make me run rich, not lean. Also, I am considering running s; /html/mgs/1996-06/msg00432.html (10,334 bytes)
11. Re: Fuel/overheating (score: 1): Author: "Henrich, Dave" <dhenrich@MSDEV1.Waterloo.ATTGIS.COM>; Date: Fri, 14 Jun 96 09:10:00 EDT; recommend high Since installing a manual choke on my 79B, I've noticed that the engine is running at a higher temperature (1/8 inch from red). Previously, with auto-choke, temp gauge was right in the; /html/mgs/1996-06/msg00434.html (8,707 bytes)
12. Re: Fuel/Overheating (score: 1): Author: todd@nutria.nrlssc.navy.mil (Todd Mullins); Date: Fri, 14 Jun 1996 11:21:09 -0500 (CDT); It's not that your valves would get "burnt", which, as I understand it, refers mainly to exhaust valves, which must withstand very high temperatures. It's valve seat recession which is the "problem"; /html/mgs/1996-06/msg00439.html (9,564 bytes)
13. Re: Fuel/overheating (score: 1): Author: KILE_PAUL@aphub.aerojetpd.com (Paul D Kile); Date: 14 Jun 96 06:49:48 PDT; Chris, I agree with your comments on the avgas reducing pinging and detonation, but not on the other two issues. As mentioned earlier by another respondent, Tetraethyl Lead was added to gasoline orig; /html/mgs/1996-06/msg00440.html (9,563 bytes)
14. Re: Fuel/overheating (score: 1): Author: David Councill <dcouncil@cu.comp-unltd.com>; Date: Fri, 14 Jun 1996 10:34:46 -0600 (MDT); Yes it is less dense. Thus cars often tend to run rich fuel mixtures in high elevation. Gas stations use to make a lot of money with "high altitude" tuning (back when carbs on domestic cars were adju; /html/mgs/1996-06/msg00443.html (8,571 bytes)
15. Re: Fuel/overheating (score: 1): Author: todd@nutria.nrlssc.navy.mil (Todd Mullins); Date: Fri, 14 Jun 1996 14:16:00 -0500 (CDT); Been taking the 'B mountain climbing again, have you? -- Todd Mullins Todd.Mullins@nrlssc.navy.mil On the lovely Mississippi (USA) Coast '74 MGB Tourer at oh, around 20 feet "I could go at any time..; /html/mgs/1996-06/msg00449.html (7,714 bytes)
16. Re: Fuel/overheating (score: 1): Author: DamitDick@gnn.com (Damit Dick); Date: Fri, 14 Jun 1996 12:12:41; Oh. Yeah. Good ol Shell gasoline fortified with Tom Cat Piss. I remember it well... Dick :>) Vintage Parts & Products Camarillo, California Have MG will travel; /html/mgs/1996-06/msg00451.html (7,877 bytes)
17. Re: Fuel/overheating (score: 1): Author: russ@scubed.com (Russ Wilson); Date: Fri, 14 Jun 1996 12:27:08 -0800; This often-repeated explanation of spark knock is actually not true. I, like nearly everyone else assumed it was true but always wondered how adjusting the spark timing could affect knocking if the; /html/mgs/1996-06/msg00455.html (9,092 bytes)
18. Re: Fuel/overheating (score: 1): Author: jurrasm@genesis.torrco.com (Mark Jurras); Date: Mon, 17 Jun 1996 07:56:05 -0400; My sister used to live near Denver. I remember that the octane was a few points lower than home (172 FT above sea level). I also remember that the cars seem to lack power. - -Mark; /html/mgs/1996-06/msg00498.html (7,592 bytes)

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