I just recently replied to a thread regarding catalyst free cans. It would seem that my info on the whole leaded/un-leaded issue is quite a bit off.

Apparently all african nations have signed an agreement to a standard to only import un-leaded fuel. This agreement was made years ago.

When I was in Africa, the operators at filling stations would look questioningly at me when I asked if they had "sans plomb" (unleaded). They only had one pump for petrol and one for diesel. The pump with petrol would just say "essence" and the operator had no idea if it was leaded or unleaded. At the time, the information I was able to get was, indicated that leaded fuel was still the only available petrol in Africa.

Apparently this is wrong. The operators of the filling stations were/are simply unaware that anything has changed, and most think that they are still pumping out the same ol' petrol that they've pumped out for the past 20 years.

It would seem, that for Africa at least, catalyst free cans is not necessary. Apparently it was also not necessary when I did the trip. Guess that's 500 Euroes out the window.

Figured this was as good a place as any to post this info.


Torsten

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