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Location: Brisbane
Registered: May 2002
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Re: converting 18rc to run unleaded petrol
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Sun, 02 February 2003 03:32
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Lead is used to protect the valve seats, not the valve stem seals. I'm almost certain that an 18R-C will already have hardened valve seats which should cope fine with unleaded fuel, but even if it doesn't it's unlikely the valve seats will recede enough to make any difference before the engine needs a rebuild anyway. Valve recession is generally a very slow process, unless you have an old crappy 202 or something with an iron head.
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converting 18rc to run unleaded petrol
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munki | Fri, 31 January 2003 12:48 |
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Jason | Fri, 31 January 2003 23:17 |
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M.W.P. | Sat, 01 February 2003 02:39 |
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Jason | Sat, 01 February 2003 02:50 |
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ddeane | Sat, 01 February 2003 05:23 |
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Norbie | Sun, 02 February 2003 03:32 |
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GIN51E | Sun, 02 February 2003 09:51 |
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spiked16 | Wed, 29 September 2004 13:38 |
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river | Thu, 30 September 2004 06:12 |
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jabtronic | Wed, 29 September 2004 13:48 |
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brett_celicacoupe | Thu, 30 September 2004 00:32 |