On Thu, 3 Oct 2002, Dave Baker wrote:

> I've been reading this thread and it suddenly occurred to me that some of
> you are running engines designed for use with leaded gasoline.  What do you
> do in today's unleaded world?

Leaded gas was on its way out by 1980, because by then most vehicles were
being equipped with catalytic converters.  The VW vans old enough not to
have them (they started in 1975 for California models) are usually old
enough to have rebuilt engines by now, and presumably the rebuilds have
hardened valve seats.
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