Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site astroatc.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!bellcore!decvax!genrad!panda!talcott!harvard!seismo!uwvax!astroatc!niemi From: niemi@astroatc.UUCP Newsgroups: net.auto,net.consumers Subject: Re: No Leaded Gas -- Now What? Message-ID: <136@astroatc.UUCP> Date: Fri, 8-Mar-85 09:52:25 EST Article-I.D.: astroatc.136 Posted: Fri Mar 8 09:52:25 1985 Date-Received: Mon, 11-Mar-85 05:34:23 EST References: <132@ucbcad.UUCP> <147@tove.UUCP> <168@osiris.UUCP> Organization: Astronautics ATC, Madison, WI Lines: 22 Xref: watmath net.auto:6030 net.consumers:1961 > > > 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