John Miller wrote:
Avgas without lead or ethanol was supposed to be ready by 2018 from Swift Fuels and Shell. These are the only two that passed all the FAA tests.
Several years back I bought a used Rotax from a friend. It was loaded with lead deposits on the top of the piston and even in the exhaust system from running avgas100LL.
At this time, mogas just had MTBE instead of ethanol. I started running this fuel and within 3 tankfuls, all the lead was gone and the piston and exhaust were clean.
You can thank Archer Danials Midland for ethanol in your gas and high fructose corn syrup in your food. All it took was some lobbying ($$$$) of the farm belt representatives.
I could go on...
John M
So true, John.
Ethanol killed my tractor and generator...and almost killed my snow blower. I am now running AvGas in everything...more expensive to run, but far less expensive to rebuild and repair...
When we will wake up and realize we've been had?
Mike