RE: [lro] Re: Unleaded heads

From: Matthew Riley (mriley@daowen.co.uk)
Date: Wed Feb 26 2003 - 07:42:27 EST

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    While the exhaust seats (in the block, not the head, just to be pedantic)
    are generally considered to be hard enough for unleaded, in the long run the
    original valves probably aren't. However if it's being run on leaded most of
    the time, there should be more than enough "lead memory" in the valves to
    prevent significant damage over a few thousand miles. It would probably be
    desirable in the long run to do the conversion, but it shouldn't make much
    difference if you don't, so long as you don't miss out on checking the valve
    clearances at the prescribed intervals.

    Matt Riley
    Defender 90 200Tdi

    > Exactly how destructive is running unleaded fuel in a 6-cyl
    > (Euro) that
    > has not been converted to the proper head?
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