Before you assume that your FBO is a bad guy for not offering mogas, inquire to the major oil companies if they encourage the use of mogas in aircraft. I've been told, but haven't confirmed, that some of the fuel suppliers won't supply mogas to an airport, and if they find that an FBO customer is offering it, they may cut off his supply of avgas. Frankly, I can understand this approach. Mis fueling is a major source of litigation, and I assume that the mogas companies don't really want their products with a hundred miles of aircraft. We had a problem last week with the brakes on our coupe being very weak, and the pedal going all of the way to the floor, with little braking effect. We just got the plane 11 months ago, so we haven't done an annual yet. Our mechanic found that someone previous to us had put auto brake fluid in the system. He bled it out, replaced it with the right stuff, and thinks that we caught it before all of the seals were ruined. Just an example of what can happen with the improper application of auto fluids in an airplane. There are so many possibilities like this, I understand why auto suppliers may want to stay totally away from aircraft. Jerry Eichenberger Columbus, Ohio N2906H
>>> Greg Bullough <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 12/20/98 02:14PM >>> Well, what isn't anybody's guess is who makes the profit. Some FBO interests will find any excuse to make sure that they, and nobody else, make $$$$ of every ounce of Avgas pumped on 'their' fields. If they need to concoct a safety red-herring in order to do so, no matter how specious, they will. Greg At 03:10 PM 12/19/98 EST, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >Finn, > Isn't it interesting to note that in Oregon they make a big deal to >make sure you don't pump your own gas... but when it comes to what they're >pumping it's anybodies guess? > Andy~ > > ! !
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