Technical Uno petrol type?

[UnoMia]

Hi,
I have a South African 1100cc Uno, 2001 model. It has the FIRE engine. Ever since I've owned the car, which is for about 5 years now, I've used unleaded petrol in her but I've always noticed that when pulling hard up a hill she will 'pink'. The timing, etc is spot on, so no issues there. Last week I went to my local BP garage to fill up and because of a transport strike they didn't have unleaded petrol in stock. As I was quite low on fuel I put half a tank of LRP (lead replacement petrol) in her. I immediatley noticed an improvement in smoothness and no more pinking going up hills. My question is; will it be okay to continue using LRP petrol? The car doesn't have a CAT fitted and is not fuel injection or anything. Any advice would be helpful. Thanks.

 

[Hyperspace]

I think the Uno manual says something about the FIRE engins being fine on unleaded provided you don't use it at high speed or load.... I stick to the LRP, that unleaded stuff just has no go in it.

 

[UnoMia]

Thanks for the reply. I agree with you, the car performs much better using the LRP fuel, it's smoother, has better acceleration and hardly pinks anymore. Just wish I'd tried LRP a long time ago!

 

[beat]

glad that you are happie, i have been using LRP petrol for the last 10years and it has going on fine without any issues.

 

[dzogi]

Hmmmmmmmm

I am using unleaded for a 3 yrs now on my Fuel Injection Uno, and (as already posted), I have issues going uphills etc.

Maybe you solved my problem too?

Next time Ill go with LRP! (Hopefully no issues, since it's fuel injection one?)