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>From: Daphne1017@aol.com
>First of all, excuse my VW ignorance. I just picked up a 70' squareback in
>mint condition. It has 48,000 original miles on it and I'm the 2nd owner. The
>original owner told me he can still uses leaded gas, which is still legal in
>Indiana. I live in Illinois and leaded fuel can't be sold. I have been using
>an lead additive for about 2 weeks, but would prefer to use unleaded. I have
>heard that today's unleaded will not burn valves. Does anyone have any
>advise?
Assuming that your car still has it's original valves, etc. It will be just
fine with unleaded. If you replace anything make sure it is with original
quality parts. There are cheap valves out there that should not even be on
our market. Saving $20 on a set of valves is poor economy if it takes out
your engine 10k mi later.
Jim
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Melissa Kepner Jim Adney
jadney@vwtype3.org jadney@vwtype3.org
Laura Kepner-Adney
Madison, Wisconsin
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