Fri Sep 20 10:41:17 1996 - Message No. 5
From: Sture Qvarfordt

Subject: Fuel quality (was:Shock Absorber)(XRV-LIST)


Phoebus Katsanos wrote:
>=20
> At 07:26 =F0.=EC. 17/09/1996 -0700, Stefan wrote:
> >Hi everyone,
>=20
> A question from me to all of u: What kind of fuel do u use?????=
????
> The manual says that u should put unleaded ( 95 model),=
but
> magazines and riders here in Greece dispute that very strongly!Hej,
I always fill it up with unleaded 95. Seems to work so far i.e. 30000km o=
n this
one, a AT -93. About the the lubricating performance of lead, IMO partly =
it's=20
not needed in modern engines, and partly it's taken care of by other adda=
tives=20
in the fuel. I guess that the addatives could vary a bit beetwen differnt=
makers
(and contries e.g. in Sweden we get methanol added during winter) but the=
re must=20
be a basic level of lubricating addatives. I trust the "green" fuel in Sw=
eden.
/Sture Q.


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