Hey guys ive just replaced the cylinder head on my mini and chaged it from leaded to unleaded but i still have 1/3 off a tank of petrol left with the lead replacement stuff in it. Do i have to drain this out and if so where can u get rid of it? or can i just use it til it runs out then just fill up with unleaded? Thanks for any help

use it to burn down one of those big taxpayer funded houses on capital hill

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Just use it up normally - top the tank up with unleaded first. The lead replacement will coat the hardened seats and it will do more good than harm.

The petrol to use is the 98 RON premium unleaded fuel. Lotson here will tell you its not necessary but you will find the car will run better with it. The engines were originally designed for higher octance fuels.

As Al said - you could ceremoniously toss some on parliament house and light it to pay them back for costing us millions of dollars in excess fuel costs because they get the extra excise if fuel costs are high.

Mike

Did it cost a lot to change it over? Did you do any mods (I mean other than just the valve seats etc.) at the same time or stay the same? Cheers.

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Um well i brought an unleaded head from a place in sydney for bout $700 last year for my other mini project as the old cylinder head was absolutly rooted. Then i didnt end up finishing it and moved to canberra. I brought another mini and am put it on my new one.

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be careful,
cuz the fuel must be stale,
no LRP around for about 4 years now.

I think he means unleaded, with Valvemaster or Flashlube additive tipped in.

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cool then:-)
all good

Yeh ive been driving it til about 2weeks ago so the petrol wouldnt be stale. but yeh i'll just fill it with high octane crap and yeh hopfully she'l be all good.

i thought u meant u still had LRP,
not unleaded with flashlube,
I would say use premium not 98 octane,

Premium 95 is crap now they've put ethanol in it. A couple of cents less perhaps, but less economy. It has less energy value than petrol. And ethanol eats old rubbers and plastics like in our cars' fuel systems.
Go the 98... ANY 98.

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DrMini- 1970 wasaMatic 1360, Mk1S crank, 86.6HP (ATW) =~125 @ crank, 45 Dellorto (38 chokes), RE282 sprint cam, 1.5 rockers, 11.0:1 C/R.

unless ur in tassie,
we dont use ethanol in the fuel down here,
not at caltex anyway,
the premium has a special additive,
ethanol is too crap and not enough market for it

No mention on the BP website about their 95 containing ethanol, is it them you are referring to or another brand?

http://www.msds.bp.com.au/pdf/ref_586_B ... Petrol.pdf

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Both BP and Shell put it in now. Check the writing on the pumps.

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DrMini- 1970 wasaMatic 1360, Mk1S crank, 86.6HP (ATW) =~125 @ crank, 45 Dellorto (38 chokes), RE282 sprint cam, 1.5 rockers, 11.0:1 C/R.