What petrol do i put in a 1989 bx 16v

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kiwi wrote:What about VSR Doc? If the car has not had its head off and valves replaced with hardened valve seats then is that not a problem to not use a lead additive that LRP has or had?
Oddly enough, Citroen fitted hardened valve seats anyway, which cope well enough with regular driving, it's only when the engine is really ragged you'd need either a lead substitute or higher octane fuel.
It's largely down to unleaded not burning aswell as "proper" planet killing fuel.
4 star is still available in small quantities over here, but at £4+ per litre you'd have to be REALLY rich to fill the car up with that!
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If the car has a knock sensor, you can run it on 95 OK.

The later cat and Non-cat 16Vs have knock sensors.

LRP has not been available in UK for about 8 years.

We always get 95 and 98 and sometimes 99/100 RON.

Most people buy diesel cars nowadays because the whole country is going broke.

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Quote ..."because the whole country is going broke"

The reality is, it is broke - seems though most people don't know or care! A decade of ++ inflation though, and we'll all feel better off with the debt devalued ;-)
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