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What is meant by 'unleaded gas'?

Updated: 10/21/2022
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In the 1940s or 50s, gas companies started adding lead to gasoline. This increased the octane and lubricated the internal parts of engines. Then in the 1970s lead was removed for environmental reasons.

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