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Re: Lead in Gas

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Subject: Re: Lead in Gas
From: thomas_pokrefke@juno.com (thomas j pokrefke)
Date: Mon, 12 May 1997 21:42:47 EDT
Does anyone care to postulate the legality of putting lead in gasoline?

Thomas James Pokrefke, III
1970 MGB (no lead, sometimes 104+)
thomas_pokrefke@juno.com
http://ocean.st.usm.edu/~pokrefke


On Sun, 11 May 1997 19:41:15 -0400 (EDT) Trmgafun@aol.com writes:
>In a message dated 97-05-11 18:43:01 EDT, you write:
>
><< Is it appropriate, desireable, etc. to add lead to the unleaded Gas 
>for
> an MGA 1600?
>  >>
>Bob,
>
>I've always been interested in this subject and have done a lot of 
>reading on
>it.  To put it in a nutshell, you can add the additive if you want to 
>(good
>insurance), but unless you are going to be towing a trailer or doing 
>any
>driving that may put the engine under heavy loads, there has never 
>been any
>good hard evidence, that I've read about, showing that unleaded 
>gasoline
>causes any harm under normal driving conditions, especially the low 
>mileage
>we put on our cars.  I'm no engine guru, this is only based on what 
>I've
>read.  
>
>Scott
>

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