Re: Euro I-5 on unleaded fuel?

[paul.heneghan@bbc.co.uk (Paul Heneghan)]

From: Tom Nas <tnas@euronet.nl>

>This is a question on behalf of a prospective Audi-owning friend of mine.
>He's looking at buying an early-80s Audi with the 5-cylinder engine.
>Can any of the european listers confirm if this engine runs on unleaded
>fuel? The dealer doesn't know (too much rich people with new Audis here)
>and the books don't say. I guess it does need high-octane fuel, but no
>mention of hardened valve seats...

The NA 2144cc engines (codes KK, WC etc) will use unleaded.  You should use 
super unleaded, but you can use ordinary leaded if you adjust the timing 
from 18BTDC to 11BTDC (from memory - check with dealer).

I adjusted mine, but found that performance and economy suffered, so I 
changed it back.

Paul
paul.heneghan@bbc.co.uk
1984 Audi 80 quattro
1989 Audi 100 Avant