Re: Unleaded gas

Posted by Richard Sturdy On 2017/11/8 5:24:28

Here in England I have been using Millers Lead Replacement Additive in the fuel for my 1922 Packard which has just had the engine completely rebuilt. It is probably completely unnecessary, but I spent so much money on having the engine made like new again that I guess that I have been taking the "belt and braces" approach during the first season since the rebuild. I think that tetraethyl lead was first used in petrol here in the late 1920s or early 1930s, so I'm sure that my Packard engine was not designed for leaded fuel. However, it was certainly NOT designed for fuel with ethanol added, as is the case with the junk which we buy at fuel stations nowadays, so who knows what is the best policy regarding additive?