Leaded or unleaded petrol

[jaydj]

hi folks,
I have an old Austin Mini (1976) thats been garaged for 10 years and i want to get it running again but what petrol to put into it?...It use to run on old Leaded petrol but im guessing as i cant find a petrol station that has Leaded that its no longer sold?...Can i put unleaded into it? or do i use the super unleaded?...or do i have to use an additive with it?
Thanks for the help

[TWR]

You can use Unleaded but use a 1/4 to a full tank 1/2 to a full tank untill 3/4 to a full tank, I doubt if you will have any problems

[Toureman]

This link explains about unleaded-leaded.


http://www.mgcars.org.uk/cgi-bin/gen5?runprog= mgoc&p=emg/mgocu.htm

Damage can be caused to the valves and valve seats as unleaded engines have up rated ones.

If you use the car sensibly, with no hard driving it should be Ok.

A mini specialist could convert your engine to run on unleaded safely.

[Toureman]

Forgot to say you can get an additive, might be safer to use one.

[sspeedguy]

ultimately you will have to ve the head converted if you want to keep the car for any length of time but i would just use unleaded and see how it goes, if the valves burn out you will need a unleaded head anyway so run it till it needs it.

[tonyav]

jaydj it is still possible to get leaded petrol,although the garages that have it are few and far between.i think they have to have a special licence or something like that. the closest one to me ( walsall ) is approx 4 miles away.