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, serviced the electric pump, replaced the filters and hoses, then put it back to use hauling mogas. ?The only alcohol free Mogas in our area is 90 octane AKI and is 35 miles away. ?
I have been running a mixture of 80% 90 AKI Mogas and 20% 100LL in both planes. ?The O-200 in the KR and the O-320 in the SuperCub are both 8.5:1 compression engines. ?My KR has sloshed Saf-T-Poxy tanks and the Super Cub has glass tanks that were made with an unknown resin before I bought the project. ?Neither seem to be any worse for having used Alcohol free Mogas. 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 fuel. Jeff Scott -Los Alamos, NM > ----- Original Message ----- > > 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/ . > Mark Langford > ML at N56ML.com > website at http://www.N56ML.com > --------------------------------------------------------
