VW 1300 Citi Golf unleaded petrol?

Hi all

I am interested to know if a 1994 VW Citi Golf with a 1300 petrol
engine made in South Africa will run on unleaded petrol?

I need to know as I am planning on buying this car for my son, and
leaded petrol will not be sold for much longer in this country.

Please let me know

Thanks

B1g H@mst3r

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>,
"H@mst3r" > wrote:

> Hi all
>
> I am interested to know if a 1994 VW Citi Golf with a 1300 petrol
> engine made in South Africa will run on unleaded petrol?
>
> I need to know as I am planning on buying this car for my son, and
> leaded petrol will not be sold for much longer in this country.
>
> Please let me know
>
> Thanks
>
> B1g H@mst3r

Of course!

"H@mst3r" > wrote:

>Hi all
>
>I am interested to know if a 1994 VW Citi Golf with a 1300 petrol
>engine made in South Africa will run on unleaded petrol?
>
>I need to know as I am planning on buying this car for my son, and
>leaded petrol will not be sold for much longer in this country.
>
>Please let me know
>
>Thanks
>
>B1g H@mst3r

Damn, leaded gass still?

Guess where you live likes to kill the ozone.

But it will work fine, you can also add a lead addative if it pleases
you.

On Mon, 23 Nov 2009 20:50:57 -0500, SnoBrdr >
wrote:

>"H@mst3r" > wrote:
>
>>Hi all
>>
>>I am interested to know if a 1994 VW Citi Golf with a 1300 petrol
>>engine made in South Africa will run on unleaded petrol?
>>
>>I need to know as I am planning on buying this car for my son, and
>>leaded petrol will not be sold for much longer in this country.
>>
>>Please let me know
>>
>>Thanks
>>
>>B1g H@mst3r
>
>Damn, leaded gass still?
>
>Guess where you live likes to kill the ozone.

What does leaded gas have to do with ozone. That's NOT why the lead
was removed. Another idiot greenie global warming freak loose who
spouts off without even a slight clue about what is real and what is
not.

>
>But it will work fine, you can also add a lead addative if it pleases
>you.

PeterD wrote:
> On Mon, 23 Nov 2009 20:50:57 -0500, SnoBrdr >
> wrote:
>
>> "H@mst3r" > wrote:
>>
>>> Hi all
>>>
>>> I am interested to know if a 1994 VW Citi Golf with a 1300 petrol
>>> engine made in South Africa will run on unleaded petrol?
>>>
>>> I need to know as I am planning on buying this car for my son, and
>>> leaded petrol will not be sold for much longer in this country.
>>>
>>> Please let me know
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>>
>>> B1g H@mst3r
>> Damn, leaded gass still?
>>
>> Guess where you live likes to kill the ozone.
>
> What does leaded gas have to do with ozone. That's NOT why the lead
> was removed. Another idiot greenie global warming freak loose who
> spouts off without even a slight clue about what is real and what is
> not.

Actually in a roundabout way, it is - yeah, lead in the atmosphere is
bad for children but it also kills catalytic converters. So a car that
will run on leaded gas by definition has no cat.

nate

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>
> What does leaded gas have to do with ozone. That's NOT why the lead
> was removed. Another idiot greenie global warming freak loose who
> spouts off without even a slight clue about what is real and what is
> not.

You must be so angry because you're so ignorant.

On Tue, 24 Nov 2009 20:50:55 -0500, Nate Nagel >
wrote:

>PeterD wrote:
>> On Mon, 23 Nov 2009 20:50:57 -0500, SnoBrdr >
>> wrote:
>>
>>> "H@mst3r" > wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi all
>>>>
>>>> I am interested to know if a 1994 VW Citi Golf with a 1300 petrol
>>>> engine made in South Africa will run on unleaded petrol?
>>>>
>>>> I need to know as I am planning on buying this car for my son, and
>>>> leaded petrol will not be sold for much longer in this country.
>>>>
>>>> Please let me know
>>>>
>>>> Thanks
>>>>
>>>> B1g H@mst3r
>>> Damn, leaded gass still?
>>>
>>> Guess where you live likes to kill the ozone.
>>
>> What does leaded gas have to do with ozone. That's NOT why the lead
>> was removed. Another idiot greenie global warming freak loose who
>> spouts off without even a slight clue about what is real and what is
>> not.
>
>Actually in a roundabout way, it is - yeah, lead in the atmosphere is
>bad for children but it also kills catalytic converters. So a car that
>will run on leaded gas by definition has no cat.
>
>nate

Years ago, it was thought that unleaded gas was bad for valves in
engines. Years later, experience taught us that in fact it was not
nearly as bad as we thought (though hardened valve seats are standard
now...) I suspect that was the basis for the OP's question, and as I
think we've all said (almost all of us) runing on unleaded is unlikely
to cause any problems. (The 94' Golf will have hardened valve seats,
for example).

PeterD wrote:
> On Tue, 24 Nov 2009 20:50:55 -0500, Nate Nagel >
> wrote:
>
>> PeterD wrote:
>>> On Mon, 23 Nov 2009 20:50:57 -0500, SnoBrdr >
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> "H@mst3r" > wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Hi all
>>>>>
>>>>> I am interested to know if a 1994 VW Citi Golf with a 1300 petrol
>>>>> engine made in South Africa will run on unleaded petrol?
>>>>>
>>>>> I need to know as I am planning on buying this car for my son, and
>>>>> leaded petrol will not be sold for much longer in this country.
>>>>>
>>>>> Please let me know
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks
>>>>>
>>>>> B1g H@mst3r
>>>> Damn, leaded gass still?
>>>>
>>>> Guess where you live likes to kill the ozone.
>>> What does leaded gas have to do with ozone. That's NOT why the lead
>>> was removed. Another idiot greenie global warming freak loose who
>>> spouts off without even a slight clue about what is real and what is
>>> not.
>> Actually in a roundabout way, it is - yeah, lead in the atmosphere is
>> bad for children but it also kills catalytic converters. So a car that
>> will run on leaded gas by definition has no cat.
>>
>> nate
>
> Years ago, it was thought that unleaded gas was bad for valves in
> engines. Years later, experience taught us that in fact it was not
> nearly as bad as we thought (though hardened valve seats are standard
> now...) I suspect that was the basis for the OP's question, and as I
> think we've all said (almost all of us) runing on unleaded is unlikely
> to cause any problems. (The 94' Golf will have hardened valve seats,
> for example).

Right, I got that.

Most of the engines that have problems are 50's or 60's era engines that
were made with soft iron heads and didn't have induction-hardened seats
or hardened seat inserts. Older engines whose designs predated the
widespread use of leaded gas, and newer engines made after the
"introduction" of unleaded gas, should be able to handle operation on
unleaded just fine (or, obviously, leaded gas - so long as it doesn't
have a cat.)

An engine with a catalytic converter, however, cannot be run on leaded
gas for any length of time, otherwise the cat will plug up.

nate

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