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Lead substitute additives?
Posted: Mon Jul 02, 2012 11:03 pm
by MartDude
Anyone got any recent experience of these? May need some if I get this old K100
Posted: Tue Jul 03, 2012 8:46 pm
by mangocrazy
I've used Castrol Valvemaster Plus (also incorporates octane booster) in my '80s Lancia Beta, and that seems to like it. I seem to recall getting the best deal from the MG owner's club on this, but Opie Oils also list it, and they are affiliated to this site...
Posted: Wed Jul 04, 2012 4:19 pm
by BikerGran
When I had an Austin Maestro I used to use some Castrol stuff I think - but one Maestro owner had done about 50000 miles without using anything, with no noticeable effect.
Posted: Wed Jul 04, 2012 6:15 pm
by fatboy
Lead from the church roof and a cheese grater?
Scrape the 'non toxic' paint off some childrens toys that were made in China?
Seriously, does a K really need it?
Posted: Wed Jul 04, 2012 7:48 pm
by MartDude
fatboy wrote:
Seriously, does a K really need it?
For the earlier ones, like this, possibly. Some say yes, some say no, as long as you're careful. I'm at the beginning of a learning curve.
Already had offers of help from other K100 owners in the area; they seem, at least through a forum, a nice bunch - bit like here, really.
Posted: Wed Jul 04, 2012 11:00 pm
by Falcopops
How big a job is it to pull the head and get hardened seats put in?
Might seem like a PIA now, but once done you don't need to fanny about with addatives.
Posted: Wed Jul 04, 2012 11:11 pm
by MartDude
Falcopops wrote:How big a job is it to pull the head and get hardened seats put in?
Might seem like a PIA now, but once done you don't need to fanny about with addatives.
At the moment, I don't know if it's already had this done, and I'm not sure how one can tell, without stripping the head. I know the last owner-but-one had replaced the rings, so he must have had the head off; if I can locate her, I might get the answer.
However, I've already located a spare head, just in case.
Posted: Thu Jul 05, 2012 5:43 pm
by randomsquid
MartDude wrote: they seem, at least through a forum, a nice bunch - bit like here, really.
So you're implying that not through a forum we're a bunch of twats?
Posted: Thu Jul 05, 2012 6:25 pm
by fatboy
MartDude,
I had a 79 R100RT that ran on this new fat free petroleum stuff with no probs, admittedly its a bit slower than a K
Posted: Fri Jul 06, 2012 12:02 am
by MartDude
randomsquid wrote:MartDude wrote: they seem, at least through a forum, a nice bunch - bit like here, really.
So you're implying that not through a forum we're a bunch of twats?
I couldn't possibly comment