We now have 90UL Avgas which is cleared for use on most engines like
Lycomings in the UK.
It is 20% cheaper than 100LL and our fuel costs are way higher than in the
US.
I have been running it in by PA28 140 for about a year with no ill effects.
Peter Drake
UK
"It will be a great day when
There are many stories just like this one. What is that old saying, "pay me
now, or pay me later"? Well, flying is expensive. It took me a long time
to come to the conclusion that if I wanted to fly, I was going to have to
pay at one end or the other. So, I choose to have the convenience of
I replaced the fiberglass wing tanks in my KR-2 with welded aluminum tanks.
Ethanol in the mogas, that I was trying to use, was dissolving the Vinyl
Ester resin rather quickly. Rubber components in the carb were being
hardened and would not seal. (Lots of fun and excitement when the carb
Pure gasoline should be good with glass & plastic tanks...
Ethanol degrades certain rubber-ish compounds & the interior of some
varieties of fuel-lines... The 'mush-ifying' of fuel-tanks has been a
problem for fiberglass boats, too...
So even without glass tanks... 'Keep the booze in your
packed in
the carb inlet.
The Cherokee 235 had the tip tanks softened to the point where they were
deforming from the air pressures in flight. ?
-Jeff Scott
> - Original Message -
> From: Dj Merrill
> Sent: 08/03/13 09:45 PM
> To: KRnet
> Subject: Re: KR> etha
On Aug 3, 2013, at 11:37 PM, "Jeff Scott" wrote:
>
> I have seen disastrous results from using alcohol contaminated fuel in glass
> tanks. One was thousands of $$ damage to the fuel system of a Cherokee 235
> and the other totaled the plane (a Grumman Cheetah), so be sure to test your
>
This last winter the cost of 100LL finally hit my pain threshhold when I
realized I had burned $7000 in 100LL during 2012. ?With a $2 per gallon
difference, burning Mogas will make a significant impact over the course of a
year. ?In February I dragged my old 100 gallon tank out of storage,
NetHeads,
For those who'd rather burn ethanol-free fuel, there's a website that lists
most known vendors in the US and Canada at http://www.pure-gas.org/ . They
also have free iPhone and Android apps that will guide you to a nearby station,
along with pertinent info such as octane ratings.
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