[AJD] 1st Tractor

[Merle W. Johnson]

Ronald
The lube part is fine.  One common misunderstanding is that higher octane
fuel burns faster.  Just the opposite.  The higher the octane, the slower the
burn to prvent detonation.  So, if not properly timed with enough spark
advance to permit the combustion to take place in the cylinder, it is still
burning when the exhaust valve opens and results in a burned exhaust valve.
Merle

Ronald L. Cook wrote:

> Why would it be hard on valves?  The valves should like the lead.  No
> plugged up carburetors and no sooted up spark plugs as you get with the
> crappy unleaded stuff nowadays.  Just pretty expensive.  Now over 3
> bucks a gallon at the fuel truck.
>
> Ron Cook
> Salix, IA
>
> Merle W. Johnson wrote:
>
> > Humm!!!  Little hard on valves.
> > Merle
> >
> > Ronald L. Cook wrote:
> >
> >
> >>Robert M. Massengale wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>>Dennis,
> >>
> >>I wonder how that "B" would do
> >>
> >>>on 100 octane?
> >>
> >>Robert, I keep 100 octane in all my "overwintering" fuel tanks.  From
> >>lawnmowers to airplanes.  Of course the pickups with the catalytic
> >>converters don't get the leaded fuel but everything else does.  No need
> >>for fuel stabilizers.  I don't have a "B", but my "A"s go for it just
> >>fine.  Smells good when they are running, too.<g>
> >>
> >>Ron Cook
> >>Salix, IA
>
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