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Re: LRP in UK

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Subject: Re: LRP in UK
From: Michael Hargreave Mawson <OC@46thFoot.com>
Date: Tue, 15 May 2001 08:18:43 +0100
In article <067501c0db7e$8e64b220$b864fea9@keithsdesktop>, Keith R.
Stewart <kstewart@wwdc.com> writes
>Michael Hargreave Mawson asked:
>>
>> For those of us who live in UK, and whose Spitfires have not been
>> converted to unleaded, obtaining decent fuel is a major issue.   I
>> gather that there is no overall standard for Lead Replacement Petrol
>> (LRP), and that the different manufacturers each do their own thing.
>While not living in the UK, ISTR that Practical Classics magazine did an
>article on LRP a couple of years back when the loss of leaded was a concern.
>I believe they also cautioned against the use of different brands of
>LRP...in other words, pick one and stay with it. Different brands may use
>different main additives and these do not mix and match well.

This seems to reflect the consensus, so I will stick with Jet, which
seems to work very well.   Thanks for the info.

ATB
Mike
-- 
Michael Hargreave Mawson, author of "Eyewitness in the Crimea,"
published by Greenhill Books on 28th March, 2001:
http://www.greenhillbooks.com/booksheets/eyewitness_in_the_crimea.html

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