Re: Unleaded Fuel

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Posted by JC on February 10, 2004 at 18:35:57 from (63.245.139.100):

In Reply to: Unleaded Fuel posted by '55 Cub on February 04, 2004 at 13:47:38:

I own nothing but pre 1965 vehicles and tractors (by choice). Most are from the late 40's and early 50's. I use several of my old vehicles very hard and put on somewhere between 70,000 - 80,000 miles per year.

At first, there was no damage, I just ran with unleaded. But since the gas was reformulated (2000 - 2001) I have burned several exhaust valves.

So I have a two fold plan. First, I put 1 gallon of diesel per every 15 gallon of gasoline. Works well and is the cheapest additive I can think of that works.

The second part of my plan is that everytime an engine goes in for rings, valves or bearings, I have hard steel seats installed and use harder valves. Thus, I am converting them to burn unleaded.

For hobby vehicles, the diesel is good insurance.
For hard workers, it saves on valve wear.

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