Does auto exhaust contain lead?

Question

If so, is it in high quantities? Like, everytime you walk through a parking lot and can detect residual auto exhaust odor, are you bioaccumulating lead in your system and incurring brain damage?

Answer 1

No.

Answer 2

No, Automobile gasoline has not contained lead since the mid-late 80's.

Some special racing blends may contain lead, but not consumer purchased gasoline.

Answer 3

No, you aren't accumulating much, if any lead.

Even if you are at the track where people are running race fuels, you don't have to worry.

I tune my own, and clients' cars as a side job.

When tuning, we are always running leaded race fuels for more power.

Nothing to worry about.

Answer 4

no there is no lead in the catalytic there is platinum other then that its either alumized steel or stainless steel