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Old 01-05-2005, 12:21 PM
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Originally Posted by Kestas
G-Benz, are you sure the 70 280SEL can't burn unleaded. My 71 Cutlass specifically states in the owner's manual that it can burn unleaded. I figure if GM had the foresight to design engines for the then upcoming switch to unleaded, Mercedes should have had the same foresight.
Probably true...my Veedub however wasn't equipped to handle unleaded from the factory, so a valve retrofit was in order.

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Originally Posted by Arthur Dalton
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Someone change the motor ??
SE is injected..
I'm really having a senior moment here! Also true. I was probably staring at the throttle body, not the carb. I'm going on visuals from 30 years ago, and I didn't know a whole lot about engines back then...

(backs out of thread with tail between his legs...)
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