MASCOT September - October 2002

Lead Replacement Petrol (LRP)

Anon

It seems likely that the manufacture and distribution of LRP will cease in the near future as demand drops to an uneconomical level. Although the FBHVC has not advocated the use of LRP, it recognises that many owners of historic vehicles will have been using it for various reasons in place of leaded BS4040 petrol or unleaded with one of the eight products that passed the FBHVC's additive testing programme. A list of filling stations selling leaded fuel was included with the May-June Mascot. The FBHVC approved additives (correct as at July 2002) are:

1. Millers VSP-Plus (Manganese)

Millers Oils Limited, Brighouse, West Yorkshire HD6 3DP 01484-713201 Fax: 01484-721263

2. Octane Improver (Manganese)

Nitrox 4 lead substitute & Tetrosyl Automotive, Bevis Green, Walmersley, BURY, Lancashire BL9 6RE 0161-764-5981 Fax: 0161-797-1698

3. Nitrox 4 star lead treatment (Potassium). Address as 2 above

4 Red Line Lead Substitute (Sodium) -

Delta Oil Limited, Main Street, Sewstern, Grantham, Lincolnshire NG33 5RF
01476-861195 Fax: 01476-860517

5. Superblend Zero Lead 2000 (Potassium)

Superblend Lubricants Ltd Unit 2, Feldspar Close, The Warrens Industrial Park,
Enderby, Leicester, LE9 5SD 0116-286-1001 Fax 0116-286-4111

6. Castrol Valvemaster (Phosphorous)
Castrol Classic Oils, Wakefield House, Cambridge CB45QZ 01954-231668
Fax: 01954-231923 Technical Help Desk 01793-452222

7. Castrol Valvemaster Plus (Phosphorous) Address as 6 above.

8. GTA Power Plus Formula 2000 (Potassium)
GT Autochemilube Limited, Waters Lane, Middleton Cheney, BANBURY, Oxfordshire OX172NA 01295-712255 Fax: 01295-712333