"Trent Moorehead" wrote in message
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"Peter Duniho" wrote in message
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"Rich S." wrote in message
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Gas that is not blended for altitude and or season (temperature) can
make
the fan stop turning. In your car, you likely bought gas that was
intended
for use at Lake Tahoe and/or in temps over 100° F.

That's silly. We have driven a Suburban, with its 42 gallon tank, all
over
the US, including Lake Tahoe. We bought the fuel we rode into Tahoe on
at
least 500 miles away, not far above sea level, in the desert. Many
times,
fuel purchased in one locale took us right into a place with completely
different characteristics (altitude, temperature, whatever).

Formulations aside, my big concern with buying mogas from a podunk airport
tank is that the gas could be old and contaminated. This would be due to
the
small number of planes that are actually set up to burn mogas. With 100LL,
you can feel a bit more assured that the fuel has a had a decent
"turnover"
rate and the fuel is fresher and cleaner.

-Trent
PP-ASEL

More engines are mogas capable than those that need 100LL. If 100LL were to
disappear the vast majority of the fleet would get along just fine on mogas.
In fact the majority of the fleet is much better off burning mogas.