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I was a teen then ,thay dident want leaded gas in there planes , Hell ,I did strain the gas when I got my own plane .,I did not have anyone to tell me differnt . Regards Neill ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[email protected]>; <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, June 16, 2002 7:58 PM Subject: Re: [COUPERS-FLYIN] ground school -- 1948 to 1950 > Hi Ken, > > Interesting..BUT, I expect that was an "old wives tale", that somehow got > started in the ground school... Auto gas in the late 40's had very little > lead, except for the super hi test..... Many gasoline stations still had > unleaded fuel available. > > The t-craft was certified on 73 octane auto fuel - no lead.....(C-65/75 > engines...). So maybe everyone was afraid of lead in those days. (problems we > see today using 100LL. Continental manual still advises if one is to store > the engine, it shold be run on unleaded fuel for 15 min....prior to shut > down. Corrosion from the tetra Ethyl lead is the potential problem.... > > Straining theu 6 shop towels would not remove lead as the lead is in a > soluble form, but it might collect water contamination and sediments....A > chammie skin does a better job on water and trash...... > > > Harry > > ================================================================== TO UNSUBSCRIBE go to: http://ercoupers.com/lists.htm
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