There are a few small airports with 80 AvGas (pink) which has much
less lead. I have heard of people running 100LL or a mix with car
gas in a 65 Mustang and later Beemers successfully. There also
anecdotes from car mechanics that its harmful to cars. And you
should hear what Aircraft Mechanics have to say AvGas has the
octane as rated, has lead and will sit in a gas tank for years
without deteriorating. But it also has a lower evaporation point
because it must work at 30,000 feet altitude. This will translate
into harder starting especially when cold.
Mike
AN5 10426
----- Original Message -----
From rob thomas <rob at thomasr.greatxscape.net>
To: spridgets <spridgets@autox.team.net>
Sent: February 26, 2000 9:41 AM
Subject: Gas prices....More lead, less tax.
I guess this one has been asked before, but here goes.....
Will 100LL AVGAS run without causing damage?
I know back in the days of the Adolf Hitler World Tour we had
stories going
round that AVGAS killed car engines in an effort to stop the theft
of AVGAS
from the RAF/USAF but was it just a myth? I have been using
occasional
tanks of Tax-free AVGAS at about 10% less than normal fuel prices.
It
contains large amounts of lead ( Ever seen a spark plug from a
Lycoming
aircraft engine? Looks like it was wiped over a hot printed
circuit
board! ) and is often used in converted car engines in U.S.
Experimental-category aircraft. They put a blue dye in AVGAS so
they can
identify people using this tax-free fuel but then I have blue dye
in my
'Unleaded fuel substitute' additive. More lead, less Tax....is
there a
down-side?
P.S. Prices are set to go up by 14 pence per gallon soon. £3.80
per UK.
gallon ( That's $5.90 )
That's my 2 cents worth
(Hey, that equates to about 200 yards of spridget driving)
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