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Subject: Ethanol and Lead in fuel.

Author:
Bob P

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Date Posted: Mon, Aug 27 2012, 12:41:37 GMT

Hi Pulsar Owners,
I just wondered what fuel you are using these days - especially for the planes with 2-stroke engines and fuselage fuel tanks.

My Pulsar is 582 powered so Avgas (apart from being expensive) is not ideal (lead fouls the plugs).

UL91 fuel would be a good choice but is not available locally.

All the regular mogas (EN228) around here (Midlands - fuel from Kingsbury fuel depot) now has ethanol in it so, apart from being illegal to fly with, seems bad news for my composite fuselage fuel tank.

BP Ultimate fuel (not BP regular) is ethanol free here but is not LAA/CAA approved because of the increased risk of vapour locks. My fuel runs should be vapour lock free (having a continuous downhill run all the way fromn tank to fuel pumps), so this would be my preferred choice.

Best Regards

Bob

PS to avoid any risk of self-incrimination might be better to refer to "preffered choice" rather than "I use".

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Subject	Author	Date
Fuel	Captain Pulsar	Tue, Aug 28 2012, 23:08:01 GMT