Can you only buy leaded gas in Bolivia?
 

Hey guys, I heard that you can only buy leaded gas in Bolivia and was wondering if there was any truth to this?

Its quite hard to tell when its served out of a bucket!

My 1150GS and my g/f's KLR650 ran fine on whatever it was though, even at 5,000m.

With low octane
 

Hi Gatogato,
that was still true for me in 2005. Worse however is the fact that the gasoline has little octanes, max 70-75... You should buy and add the expensive octane boosters, otherwise your engine will "klonck". And many strikes lead to a shortage of fuel, so whereever you find some, fill up the tank, then you are good to "flee" the country if there are new protests... Good luck.
Ras

GatoGato.. no its not true, I was through there in December and was able to get unleaded at most stations, just get the highest Octane you can find,.. its still low!! like 80... but is still unleaded, dont worry.

price?
 

Anyone have a recent price on the price???
Am looking forward to cheaper prices than in Peru....
Lorraine

cheaper than peru.. but cant remember the exact price

Cheaper by half is my recollection.

I used the premium fuel when I could find it. In the mountains there was often only the low octane stuff, but my KLR ran fine on it as there is so little air up there, the engine compression is much less. Don't know if it was leaded or not.

Cheaper by half sounds heavenly.
Such low octane sounds like my 8 cylinder van will run like crap.
Anything I can do??
Lorraine, currently in Arequipa

Thanks Irishkev, I just got to La Paz and am still looking for the higher quality stuff. I am glad that I bought two 1.25 gallon containers worth of 90 octane in La Paz now.

Yeah.

While we are on the subject:

What are the consequences of burning leaded gasoline....say, I dunno, Ecuadorian Extra in a 2005 V-Strom 1000 ?