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Old 27th October 2003 | 06:14
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Bitberg7
 
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From: Hampshire
Hi there. I've got a Europa with an NSI Subaru 100 hp engine under the bonnet. I had been running it on unleaded for the last year until all my valves burnt out and the cylinder head cracked. Although the engine manual says that unleaded or AVGAS can be used, opinion from various sources is that unleaded is too low an octane for the engine and has caused all the problems. I've now fitted new valves and cylinder head and am running on AVGAS. So far, everything seems OK and I'm zooming along at 120 kt at about 16 litres / hour. I'm not going to risk unleaded again unless someone can convince me otherwise.
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