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Posted: Sat Jan 14, 2012 7:54 pm 
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Hi

I have an xf falcon and have been it may be ment to use leaded fuel.
How do I find out what it runs on. I have only put 1/4 tank in, I dont have the manual for the car.

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 Post subject: Re: Xf fuel
Posted: Sat Jan 14, 2012 10:36 pm 
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Put either 95 or 98 in it and stay clear of the e10, e10 is only designed for cars 1988 an onword, but still s**t stuff
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Posted: Sat Jan 14, 2012 11:33 pm 
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If the car was sold after 1 january 1986, it will be unleaded.

 

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Posted: Sun Jan 15, 2012 2:12 am 
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Alloy head = unleaded.

I think XE was the last of the falcons that some needed leaded.. Or might have even ended at the end of the XD.

 

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Posted: Sun Jan 15, 2012 9:09 am 
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xe is the start of alloy heads
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Posted: Sun Jan 15, 2012 11:00 am 
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Bazzy wrote:
Hi

I have an xf falcon and have been it may be ment to use leaded fuel.
How do I find out what it runs on.

Easiest way to tell, if it has a cat convertor fitted it's built for unleaded. But as others have said, post 1/1/86 = Ulp

 

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Posted: Sun Jan 15, 2012 11:13 am 
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the changeover to alloy heads was half way through the XD model run
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Posted: Mon Jan 16, 2012 6:54 pm 
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Looking at mine it does not have a catolic converter however is alloy head. Also it is 85 model

 

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 Post subject: Re: Xf fuel
Posted: Mon Jan 16, 2012 7:11 pm 
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will run unleaded, i had xf motor with c1 head fitted in my xd and ran unleaded but had to run 98 unleaded as the c1 and c2 heads are higher compression
check between no1 and no2 inlet ports for these numbers
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Posted: Mon Jan 16, 2012 7:14 pm 
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Bazzy wrote:
Looking at mine it does not have a catolic converter however is alloy head. Also it is 85 model


So it was originally built for leaded petrol. Bad news is there is not any available anymore. All petrol is now unleaded. No big deal, just use something with an octane rating of 95ish or higher, or get it re-tuned to suit the 91ron that standard unleaded is.

As for e10 being s**t - some car's run better on it than others. My EB Ghia has no issues on it. Technically car's that have computers that don't self learn will not run good on it, ie earlier commondoors. Carby car's may not run so well on it, due to requiring a re-tune to the correct afr to run it. I've tuned my mighty boy (1986 carby engine) to run on it and it runs nicely.

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