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« on: June 16, 2011, 09:33:35 AM » |
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been offered a full engine gasket set for the reliant 850 engine for 32 quid delivered. any one know if this is about right. thanks in advance...............
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zakboy
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« Reply #1 on: June 16, 2011, 01:34:23 PM » |
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that sounds ok dobber there £42 at reliant world + £6 p&p thats for unleaded set
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« Reply #2 on: June 16, 2011, 03:13:31 PM » |
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not clued up with the leaded thing zakboy. what do we do with that. engine aint been touched for ages, yellow top if it makes any difference.
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« Reply #3 on: June 16, 2011, 04:51:40 PM » |
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i think it will just be the head gasket in the set,s that will be diffrent if you look at your engine number and look at the last five numbers if its higher than 87143 then it as a unleaded head on it, if the number is lower than this you have a leaded head on the engine
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« Reply #4 on: June 16, 2011, 05:24:00 PM » |
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hi zakboy. engine number is6j8580143e. so that means i need a leaded gasket and some sort of fuel supplement?  ??. sorta recall i needed to check up on this.. you should make this your specialist subject if you ever do master mind.... |
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« Last Edit: June 16, 2011, 05:26:19 PM by dobber »
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« Reply #5 on: June 16, 2011, 05:26:49 PM » |
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yes dobber thats correct mate  |
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« Reply #6 on: June 18, 2011, 09:40:56 AM » |
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what can be done to take unleaded. head swap?
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« Reply #7 on: June 18, 2011, 10:00:44 AM » |
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i would imagine you could just get an unleaded head and fit it to your existing block. or you can have the leaded head converted to unleaded they do appear on ebay from time to time the last one i saw a couple of moths ago went for £33 so dont think it will be to costly to pick one up
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« Reply #8 on: June 18, 2011, 10:51:25 AM » |
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« Reply #9 on: June 18, 2011, 12:58:03 PM » |
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Do those things work? I've never seen anything other than advertising blurb to prove that it does what it says on the tin (or bag in this case).
Would be nice for a fit and forget solution though.
With regard to iron headed engines and unleaded fuel. The seats used in these heads work harden and do not suffer the seat regretion found on ally heads of a similar era. A series engines (Mini's etc are the exception to the rule). You may need to retard the ignition a tad to compensate for the differing burn rate of unleaded. If I were in your position I would run it on unleaded and make adjustments or use fuel additives as necessary.
Good luck
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« Reply #10 on: June 19, 2011, 10:30:00 PM » |
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When I was in the Maestro club one bloke had been running his (leaded) Maestro for 40,000 miles on unleaded with no noticeable effect.
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« Reply #11 on: June 20, 2011, 01:03:26 AM » |
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i wouldnt worry one little bit about the,,,leaded / un leaded with reliant engine,s as they all have ,hardened valve seats because they have ally ,heads the time when leaded /unleaded come,s into play is with the old cast iron heads where the valve seats are cut ,directly, into the head casting without ,, hard seat inserts, whitch all ,ally, heads have.
it seams to be a load off ,,bull,, to get you to either buy buy out of this world ,priced, lead replacement fuel,---- or the god knows how much ££ additive
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« Reply #12 on: June 20, 2011, 04:28:58 AM » |
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I used to use a fuel additive, but eventually stopped bothering. Never made any difference to performance & for the relatively low mileage I was doing, I don't believe it ever did any damage to the motors. As Mike says, the valve seats are hardened anyway.
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« Reply #13 on: June 20, 2011, 11:26:32 AM » |
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sorted, unleaded it will be, [ bloody long way off tho]]
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« Reply #14 on: June 20, 2011, 11:39:46 AM » |
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sorted, unleaded it will be, [ bloody long way off tho]]
what you done brought a unleaded head dobber |
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