Blnias
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Just bought a 1986 petrol land rover and was told by the owner to add a lead replacement to the fuel when filling up? Is this true ?
Fuel additives ?
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unleaded burns hotter than leaded try without if it pink's then try addittive but if it doesn't just fill up. My old man ran a fleet of vauxhalls and marina's and princess's over the four star and unleaded change. With the austins if they pinked he would just adjust the timing till the car run fine. The vauxhalls not change needed
OakleyPilot
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Another possibility is pop to your local airfield and buy some AvGas 100LL, pour a dose of that into your regular unleaded. It's pricey at around £2.09 per litre at the moment but it will give you a dose of lead. Just don't go too mad with it, it is high octane.
I have known a few pilots to do that, particularly on classic cars.
I have known a few pilots to do that, particularly on classic cars.
jamesmartin
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it should have harnened seat as std so wont matter using straight petrol , even the earlier ones with cast iron seats run a good number of years before exhaust seats need redoing or hardened seats fitting usually £15 a valve
