pekwah1
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| posted on 11/10/10 at 05:49 PM |
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Crossflow and Unleaded
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
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steve m
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| posted on 11/10/10 at 06:00 PM |
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No !!
ive been down this route, and if i had my time again wouldnt bother, just use lead substitute
Steve
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steve m
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| posted on 11/10/10 at 06:02 PM |
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Or upgrade now to a real engine and donate your 1600 xflow to me
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pekwah1
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| posted on 11/10/10 at 06:03 PM |
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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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steve m
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| posted on 11/10/10 at 06:06 PM |
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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
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Pezza
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| posted on 11/10/10 at 06:20 PM |
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I used alead additive in my old westy (xflow) and mk2 escort (pinto) never had any probs 
You couldn't pwn your way out of a wet paper bag, with "PWN ME!!" written on it, from the "pwned take-away" which originally contained one
portion of chicken tikka pwnsala and the obligatory free pwnpadom.
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steve m
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| posted on 11/10/10 at 06:22 PM |
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See, and he is local !
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Pezza
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| posted on 11/10/10 at 06:59 PM |
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damn straight :p
You couldn't pwn your way out of a wet paper bag, with "PWN ME!!" written on it, from the "pwned take-away" which originally contained one
portion of chicken tikka pwnsala and the obligatory free pwnpadom.
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AndyGT
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| posted on 12/10/10 at 09:24 AM |
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quote:
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?
No, lead substitute is only bad for cars with catalytic convertors. Mechanically speaking hardened valve seats (unleaded) can take both types of
fuel.
nothing is impossible
everything is possible
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David Jenkins
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| posted on 12/10/10 at 12:09 PM |
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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]
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steve m
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| posted on 12/10/10 at 07:46 PM |
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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
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David Jenkins
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| posted on 12/10/10 at 09:37 PM |
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In my case, I delivered it to Scholars, just north of Ipswich on the A140.
Top quality job...
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