Hi Guys,

Just a quickie, i have a 1300 crossflow in my car, haven't had it running yet.

Is there any way to tell what fuel i can run it on without removing the head?

Cheers,
andy

No !!

ive been down this route, and if i had my time again wouldnt bother, just use lead substitute

Steve

Or upgrade now to a real engine and donate your 1600 xflow to me

haha, i'll get a 'real' engine one day.....!
so just hypothetically, if my head had been converted to unleaded, would using a lead substitute have a detrimental effect to the engine?

Chances are you xflow is still original, and there is no way of telling
Live with it, and put some substitute in, it will be fine

Steve

I used alead additive in my old westy (xflow) and mk2 escort (pinto) never had any probs

See, and he is local !

damn straight :p

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Originally posted by pekwah1
haha, i'll get a 'real' engine one day.....!
so just hypothetically, if my head had been converted to unleaded, would using a lead substitute have a detrimental effect to the engine?

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I had inserts put into my x-flow head - but the engine was being stripped anyway so it was a good time to do it.

I'd be tempted to try some additive until such time as the head needs to come off.

It will cost around £100 to have the inserts fitted (maybe more, maybe less) if you deliver the fully-stripped head and exhaust valves to the machine shop.

[Edited on 12/10/10 by David Jenkins]

Or let the cowboys at a place in london do the job, £500 worth of shite that cost me £1500 in engine bits, and then a law suite against them

I wouldnt let them loose with drilling a hole let alone inserting valve seats

Oh,

and i lost my case, because i could not prove it, as they had the head, and said it was lost

Steve

In my case, I delivered it to Scholars, just north of Ipswich on the A140.

Top quality job...