Re: [T3] Overrated Ethyl

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Re: [T3] Overrated Ethyl

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Subject: Re: [T3] Overrated Ethyl
From: "Steven Ayres" <comwest@att.net>
Date: Wed, 8 Dec 2004 10:48:55 -0700
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TobyE=> I had thought that lead was used because
=> it was a lubricant for the valves.

Originally it was only added as an anti-knock agent, essentially to slow
down the burn, and that incidentally after other, much safer agents had been
identified. The valve-seat effect was discovered later.

Steven Ayres, Prescott AZ
'66 KG1600


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