[Healeys] car cover advice

[Oudesluys]

AFAIAC the octane boosters act and are sold as lead replacements over here.
Kees Oudesluijs

Op 4-6-2013 23:23, Richard Ewald schreef:
> You are confusing octane boosters with lead replacements.
> Octane booster prevent preignition which can destroy an engine if severe enough.
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> Sent from my iPhone
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> On Jun 4, 2013, at 13:04, Oudesluys <coudesluijs at chello.nl> wrote:
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>> No, unless you have a very high compression engine, and even than. If you can get high octane leaded petrol it would be much more effective than octane boosters. Perhaps available from army, aviation, racing sources.
>> The whole thing about converted cylinder heads with hardened seats when lead free petrol was introduced now shows to be totally unnecessary and has earned the industry billions. Only in very few occasions there has been excessive wear of the valve seats.
>> If your car runs OK on unleaded (no pinking) and there is no discernible wear of the valve seats (reduced valve clearances) there is absolutely no reason to use octane boosters or high octane petrol for that matter.
>> Kees Oudesluijs
>> NL
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>> Op 4-6-2013 21:18, Charles Rice schreef:
>>> Thanks for all the advice on car covers.
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>>> Now my next question:  Do "Octane Booster" additives do any good?