Lead/No-Lead Fuel

Posted by dave horvath on Monday, February 02, 2004 at 1:02PM :

A while back, Vintage Truck Magazine did an article on leaded fuel. They basically said the reported benefits were a bunch of hype from the petroleum companies. They said one of the reasons engines last so long these days is the use of unleaded fuel. They went on to say that lead additives are not needed and worse yet, hazardous.

This got me to wondering. Does this have anything to do with why a diesel engine lasts longer?

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• Re: Lead/No-Lead Fuel - RDavis 11:16PM 02/02/2004
  • Hard lead facts appreciated - Fred Coldwell 10:20AM 02/03/2004
• Re: Lead/No-Lead Fuel - Vaughn 8:13PM 02/02/2004
  • Chrysler has used hardened valve seats since the 30's - gtk 10:57PM 02/02/2004
    • Re: Chrysler has used hardened valve seats since the 30's - Vaughn 8:18PM 02/03/2004
    • Sorry about the pic, darn cookies, ntx - gtk 11:27PM 02/02/2004
• Re: Lead/No-Lead Fuel - Paul Cook 3:21PM 02/02/2004
• Re: Lead/No-Lead Fuel - MikeC 2:06PM 02/02/2004
  • Re: Lead/No-Lead Fuel - David Sherman 3:11PM 02/02/2004

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