Hi Peter,
thanks for the information.
Leaded gas is also now generally unavailable over here. The government
allowed a 0.5% of fuel to be leaded and a small number of gas stations
are able to sell it. Fortunately, the one a mile form my home has it
which means I don't have to modify the heads on my Sunbeam. But then it
is for sale at a mere $6 a gallon - I forgot to mention the exchange
rate on fuel - 1 Imperial gallon is 1.19 US gallons so maybe things
aren't so bad ????
I guess soon a used 4 barrel Holley will be worth more that a new one,
so long as the float chambers are full !
I queued for over an hour today to fill up the gas guzzler with $75
worth of fuel which will last around 300 miles. - probably used $10
worth of fuel moving up the queue !
Jeff
In message <39C0C3E7.51C0D4FE@coxtarget.com>, Pete Stanisavljevich
<pete_stanisavljevich@coxtarget.com> writes
>Jeff, I remember reading a paper in Scientific American eons ago about the
>affects of lead on human development, and they disputed the claim of the leaded
>gasoline affect on young children. As I remember, the children showing affects
>of lead poisoning also had ingested lead based paint chips from older buildings
>where they lived.
>
>At any rate, leaded gas is history in the US so there is no point in reviving
>the debate.
>
>As for the affects of leaded 'petrol' on catalytics, I owned a '79 VW Rabbit
>that contained a section in the service manual on how to rended the car ready
>for leaded fuel operation. The manual (The car is mercifully long gone, the
>manual I still own) states that the lead plugs up the pores in the honeycomb
>material in the converter.
>
>Their solution? Remove the converter from the car, and using a large hammer
>strike the converter repeatly to break up the honeycomb and then after shaking
>the pieces out of the converter reinstalling the empty can.
>
>A lot of the lead substitutes in the US state on the bottle 'Safe for Catalytic
>Converters', but then again - Why would you run a lead substitute in a lead
>free
>ready car?
>
>Peter S.
>B9471799
>
>
>Jeff Howarth wrote:
>
>> WOW fuel is only $6 per Gallon so why are they complaining over here...
>>
>> Well I guess most of you may have seen the news about fuel in Europe and
>> the UK.
>>
>> Well I have a question for the lists :
>>
>> I know you have not had leaded fuel in the US for a few years but
>> Leaded fuel is known to have killed 'cat'alytic converters - I seem to
>> recall reading it reacted with the Platinum coating)
>>
>> Over in the UK we now have LEAD REPLACEMENT PETROL (LRP),
>>
>> Does that also kill the 'cat' or is it safe to use ??? I assume by LRP
>> they define it as having no lead in it. DO the chemicals they use to
>> replace the lead still effect the catalyst ?
>>
>> Any chemists around ?
>>
>> Oh well, at least the Tiger has a couple of gallons in the tank, that
>> should be good for at least getting the engine warm and get me to the
>> nearest empty gas station 8-)
>>
>> thanks
>> --
>> Jeff Howarth
>
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Jeff Howarth
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