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From: niemi@astroatc.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.auto,net.consumers
Subject: Re: No Leaded Gas -- Now What?
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Date: Fri, 8-Mar-85 09:52:25 EST
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Posted: Fri Mar  8 09:52:25 1985
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> > > Well, now that the EPA is actually cracking down on leaded gas...
>
> 	  ......  Well over 99% of the engines still running today 
>	  will run just fine on unleaded gas.

I think so too.  I beleive the valve lubrication argument is a red
herring unless you are driving a racing car under racing conditions.
> 
> 	  .....This leaves many people with older high-compression 
>	  engines out in the cold, as it were.

Yup!  Both of them.

My ONLY worry over the proposed demise of leaded gas is a feul 
source for outboard motors.  Both my outboards (1966 Johnson
100 hp,  and 1974 Johnson 15 hp) must run regular LEADED gasoline
according to the instruction book.  I don't know why (but I would
like to find out.)  What are the alternatives to leaded gas in
outboards?

			Bob Niemi, Astronautics, Madison WI
			...!uwvax!astroatc!niemi