Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site decwrl.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!ucbvax!decwrl!dec-rhea!dec-nacho!digrazia From: digrazia@nacho.DEC Newsgroups: net.auto Subject: Unleaded gas in leaded-gas engines Message-ID: <1031@decwrl.UUCP> Date: Thu, 24-Oct-85 10:53:05 EDT Article-I.D.: decwrl.1031 Posted: Thu Oct 24 10:53:05 1985 Date-Received: Sat, 26-Oct-85 03:42:09 EDT Sender: daemon@decwrl.UUCP Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation Lines: 14 Since I prefer not to spray lead salts and fumes all over the place, I've been wondering whether it's wise to use unleaded gas in my 1979 Saab (non-turbo, of course...). The owner's manual for my chain saw advises against using unleaded gas because the octane boosters are benzenes, or some such horrible aromatic. They dissolve various non-metal components of the chain saw's engine. Would the Saab's engine suffer a similar fate? Robert DiGrazia "...decvax!decwrl!dec-rhea!dec-nacho!digrazia"