Another one from Richard while he still can't post to the list
Suzie
----- Original Message -----
From: Richard B Gosling <Gosling_Richard_B@perkins.com>
To: suzie_bear <suzie_bear@hotmail.com>
Sent: Wednesday, May 17, 2000 1:30 PM
Subject: LRP
> Suzie,
>
> As I mentioned before, I do not seem to be able to send e-mails directly
to the
> list - no idea why, but there it is. Could you do me a favour and
forward
> this on for everyone's benefit? Thanks!
>
>
> This news item appears in this months 'Club Torque' (newsletter of Club
> Triumph), and is likely to be of interest to many, particularly in
Europe.
>
> Quiller Triumph - Some Thoughts on LRP
> Julian McHale of Quiller has told me that several of their customers using
LRP
> type fuel have complained of a smell of petrol but were unable to find
any
> obvious fuel leak. Upon investigation Quiller found disintigrating
rubber
> connections and decided to carry out an experiment using fuel from a
major oil
> company. They filled three jam jars with unleaded, 4-star leaded and
LRP,
> inserted off-cuts of new rubber hose and left them for a week. Upon
> examination the offcuts in the unleaded and leaded fuel remained intact,
but
> that in the LRP had become a messy gunge! It was quite unusable as a
hose.
> Apparently the thin diaphragms in Stromberg carburettors are particularly
> vulnerable to this type of attack. Julian suggests that members using
LRP
> might like to think about this of even try the jam jar test at home!
>
> They won't admit to whose LRP they tried, and different companies use
different
> additives so they might not all be so bad, but this is worrying stuff!
They
> also didn't try any of the in-tank additives. However, for those using
LRP or
> in-tank additives this is a surprising worry - if my car was not
converted to
> run on unleaded I certainly would be testing my choice of additive
tonight!
>
> Richard Gosling and Daffy (no lead, no additives, no problem!)
>
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