Re: Fuel/overheating

[jurrasm@genesis.torrco.com (Mark Jurras)]

> Reply-To: Ulix Goettsch <ulix@u.washington.edu>
> 
> I thought I had read that the lead was added to increase the octane and
> that the lubricating effect was an unexpected byproduct.
> 

That's the way I understood it too. I remember (in a former life, I'm can't be 
that old) that service stations sold regular and Ethyl gasoline. Ethyl had 
tetraethyl lead added for higher performance engines. 


"Fill 'er up with Ethyl and check the oil"
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- -Mark      o&o