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BRINGING IT ALL TOGETHER.... A's, G's & E's


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    mothradeath
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    Location : youngstown ohio
    Registration date : 2009-06-17
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    Post by mothradeath Tue Jul 21, 2009 8:38 pm

    so i just recently got my van and the previous owner mentioned nothing about it but my buddy says i should be adding the lead additive to my fuel? please clue me in on this and what i need to know. i would hate to kill this thing just when i got the chance to get in it.
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    wylee
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    Location : middletown,ny
    Registration date : 2009-04-03
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    Post by wylee Wed Jul 22, 2009 4:12 am

    some of my cars, with origanal motors, i put a little marvel myst. oil in the gas tank. the other cars have unleaded heads on them.
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    donivan65
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    Post by donivan65 Wed Jul 22, 2009 10:10 am

    They took the lead out in 1975,,,,,,and after that they started putting in harder valve seats in the new and rebuilt cylinder heads to keep the valves from beating up the softer seats. The lead was a cushion. So unless you have an engine built before 1975 and you drive it really hard, You should be OK. And it is based on miles driven,,,,,,,all it would turn out to be is that you would need a valve job sooner,,,,,,,,I have not seen too many problems since leaded gas went away.
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    Post by Guest Wed Jul 22, 2009 7:11 pm

    i've owned many old vehicles and like donivan65 i have never seen a noticeable problem. mind you most of those cars and trucks left a pool of oil everywhere i went and attracted cops like flies to rotting meat, so maybe i just didn't notice. oh and cool van, i like the rims a lot
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