Date: Sat, 23 Nov 2002 11:04:31 -0000 From: Skodapilot <carl.robsonnopsamcing-czechs.com> Subject: Re: What fuel for a classic 900 in UK
In article <3DDEE2EA.4E945667nopsamripnetvvv.se>, rjbnopsamripnetvvv.se spouted forth into alt.autos.saab... > Yes it does seem strange not to use the hardened valve seats on all 8v > models. Maybe Saab had a whole truckload of the non-hardened seats that > they could palm off on the European market and finally exhausted their > supply in 1984. Who knows? But if you ask a Saab dealer, or a petrol > station attendant in this country what fuel to put in a 1981/82/83 900, > they'll hand you a little bottle of lead substitute (we finally got rid of > leaded fuel about 3 years back). > > Well, at least they'll do this if they're over 40 years old ;-) > Using up production runs for countries that don't require the modified part if it isn't a safety issue isn't that uncommon. Technically we have gotten rid of leaded petrol. Only 40 garages in the UK sell it, although there is a campaign to make it more widely available for older cars, and some not so old sports cars and bikes, to avoid the mess of adding the lead sustitute. Although if you need a high RON rating, you can still buy 100 and 110 RON leaded (low lead) aviation fuel at private airfields, and it is quite legal to use in a car, as the governments fuel tax and duty has been paid just like normal car pump gas. -- Carl Robson http://www.bouncing-czechs.com
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