Hi guys,
today i read about 60 mails from the @-List including the onces about the fu=
el.
=46act is that all new engines since the unleaded fuel was invented a qite
some years ago have changed seats for the valves compared to the older
engines. The material of them is harder then from older engine. So you
definitly should drive unleaded fuel with your @ if possibly because leaded
fuel is a waste of money and additional polution of your environment.
=46or older engines different manufactures give different advice:
Some say if the engine is older than 70000kms you don't need to use leaded
fuel anymore because there is enough lead sticking at the valves' seats to
make sure the valves work for the time the engine lasts.
Other sources say 2 times unleaded, one time leaded does the job.
And in austria and in germany you can use unleaded fuel for old engines the
whole time if you buy additives in a extra bottle and add the appropriate
amount when buying fuel.
These additives are avaible in Austria for more than three years and in
Germany since beginning of this year. I use this method with my old (31
years) Unimog after testing this stuff for 25000kms with an old Ford
=46iesta. It works.
Resumee: I bed that all @s can run with unleaded fuel for the whole
lifetime because there is definitly no difference between modells in
different countries concerning engines's body and valves. Means if it works
for an @ sold in Germany it will work for all others as well.
=46or technical explanation read Onno van Schelven's mail about that topic.
Have fun riding,
JJ
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