RE: [OT] Petrol Pumps ....was Views on X10 Addressing

["Mark Harrison" <Mark.Harrison@xxxxxxx>]

Pedro,

I was being flippant. As the older hands may remember, I was at a major
oil company for several years, and do understand this stuff ;-)

I was a bit concerned by your "blanket pronouncement", probably
because
my natural tendancy is to over-explain ;-)

Mark Harrison
Head of Systems, eKingfisher

-----Original Message-----
From: Pedro de Oliveira [mailto:oliveirp@xxxxxxx]
Sent: 6 September 2001 10:44
To: 'ukha_d@xxxxxxx'
Subject: RE: [OT] Petrol Pumps ....was [ukha_d] Views on X10 Addressing


Ok - admitably "some" cars need to keep running on leaded but the
vast
majority (95%) of engines running leaded could use unleaded and have no
problems apart from "pinging".  The pinging is caused by the
valves not
having enough lead deposit to cushion the valve and so "pinging"
occurs.
If
the vehicle has been running on leaded for a substantial amount of time
then
the change to unleaded would not affect the engine in the slightest due
to
the lead deposits already existing.  The primary reason for leaded fuel
is
not to leave lead deposits but this is an effect of running leaded and
as
such helps us to run unleaded by its own deposits - if that makes sense.

Pedro de Oliveira


-----Original Message-----
From: Mark Harrison [mailto:Mark.Harrison@xxxxxxx]
Sent: 06 September 2001 10:11
To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
Subject: RE: [OT] Petrol Pumps ....was [ukha_d] Views on X10 Addressing


> Do you know that if your car is more than 10 years old, it can safely
run on
> unleaded without any problems?

Erm, no. I didn't know that, nor did my mechanic, nor did the factory,
nor
the owners club ;-)

Was there a missing "not" in that sentence, perhaps?

Mark Harrison
Head of Systems, eKingfisher
-----Original Message-----
From: Pedro de Oliveira [mailto:oliveirp@xxxxxxx]
Sent: 6 September 2001 09:57
To: 'ukha_d@xxxxxxx'
Subject: RE: [OT] Petrol Pumps ....was [ukha_d] Views on X10 Addressing


Do you know that if your car is more than 10 years old, it can safely
run on
unleaded without any problems?

Pedro de Oliveira


-----Original Message-----
From: Mark Kaye [mailto:mark@xxxxxxx]
Sent: 06 September 2001 09:45
To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
Subject: RE: [OT] Petrol Pumps ....was [ukha_d] Views on X10 Addressing


People often look funny at me for not driving through the forecourt to
the
free pump at the front.  The reason is because I need Super, and at
smaller
filling stations you're lucky to find 1 Super pump never mind more.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mark Harrison [mailto:Mark.Harrison@xxxxxxx]
>
> You can't design out stupidity ;-)


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