Anyone remember how premium leaded smelled. Man I miss it. Just ran the truck to the gas station and filled up with that alcohol laiden crap. Thank the lord for hardened valve seats/guides.

I remember my grandfather filling up that truck. Behind the seat tank, all the smells like spilled coffee, spilled fuel and an extremely lean running motor.
Premium, .69/gal. OOH

Peace

 

you can duplicate that smell. they sell a product called CD2 super lead substitute. it is around 6.00 at walmart or 10.00 elsewhere. it treats 320 gallons. it is lead in a bottle really. works great too.

 

I had 10 gallons of Union 76 110 leaded (race fuel only), 3.8 grams / gallon left over from last falls motorcycles, added it to the trucks empty saddle tank, advanced dizzy more and had fun. Tires complained, exhaust smelled sweet and tail pipe inside turned light gray. With the slow decline of good gas you don't notice the gradual power loss until you run the good gas.
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Beemer, that's it. Light gray in the exhaust.

Gashog. Lead in a bottle? or lead substitute. Is that stuff any good?

 

BlueOval, the one brand that I run is a lead substitute by Red Line that has Sodium metal base. Been running it over 60,000 miles in BMW bikes of the 70's that require leaded without valve resession. The general thinking in BMW shops is run until the valves and seats are destroyed then add harder seats and valves. I would rather save the heads as they've had lead all their life. The bottle treats 120 gallions, I add it times 3 without any ill effects vs the price of gas so a bottle seems cheap these days.
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If you run the CD2be very careful as not to use to much..I had a problem with it lead fouling my plugs....It took about a 1000 miles to do it..But it closed the gap on the plugs like they we welded together electrodes! JMO!!

Russ