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Re: Lead fuel vs. unleaded fuel
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Posted by PhillipM on February 25, 2004 at 20:13:55 from (68.19.166.232):
In Reply to: Lead fuel vs. unleaded fuel posted by Tom on February 25, 2004 at 10:49:27:
I'm not going to argue about the lead either. I have some old iron that digests 87 just fine. You can't run automotive gas in an airplane efficiently or vice versa. At altitude it is much colder and less atmosheric pressure. For that reason, AV gas has a different vaporization rate. In other words, AV gas in a tractor would tend to puddle in the intake manifold, and the other extreme, automotive gas would tend to vapor lock in the Cessna. A very bad thing.
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