Why you should check your gas....

B A R R Y wrote:
gliderguynj wrote:
On Apr 18, 9:46 am, B A R R Y wrote:
Define "bad gas".

Gas that makes your engine stop...

Fuel mixed with water isn't "bad gas". We drain the water and the fuel
left behind is usable.



Unless it is Ethanol laced.

Gig 601Xl Builder wrote:
B A R R Y wrote:
gliderguynj wrote:
On Apr 18, 9:46 am, B A R R Y wrote:
Define "bad gas".

Gas that makes your engine stop...

Fuel mixed with water isn't "bad gas". We drain the water and the
fuel left behind is usable.



Unless it is Ethanol laced.


That actually depends on how much water is in the fuel. There's a
limit, of course, but the engine will still run with some water
suspended in the fuel.

B A R R Y wrote:
Gig 601Xl Builder wrote:
B A R R Y wrote:
gliderguynj wrote:
On Apr 18, 9:46 am, B A R R Y wrote:
Define "bad gas".

Gas that makes your engine stop...

Fuel mixed with water isn't "bad gas". We drain the water and the
fuel left behind is usable.



Unless it is Ethanol laced.


That actually depends on how much water is in the fuel. There's a
limit, of course, but the engine will still run with some water
suspended in the fuel.

And how much Ethanol.

Gig 601Xl Builder wrote:


And how much Ethanol.

Agreed.

I don't know the answer to this, but I wonder... Would too much
ethanol would make the gas smell or feel funny during the sampling?

B A R R Y wrote:

I don't know the answer to this, but I wonder... Would too much
ethanol would make the gas smell or feel funny during the sampling?

Nope. Unlike the old (legal for airplanes) oxygenate, MTBE, the presence
of ethanol is not obvious by odor or appearance. You just have to mix the
fuel with some water and shake it up in order to test it (at least in
quantites used for oxygenated car gas). E-85, on the other hand, seems to
be detectable by smell. Although pure ethanol has no odor, E-85 has a
noticably weaker gasoline component to its odor.

John Galban=====N4BQ (PA28-180)

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On Fri, 18 Apr 2008 21:26:55 GMT, "JGalban via AviationKB.com"
u32749@uwe wrote:

B A R R Y wrote:

I don't know the answer to this, but I wonder... Would too much
ethanol would make the gas smell or feel funny during the sampling?

Nope. Unlike the old (legal for airplanes) oxygenate, MTBE, the presence
of ethanol is not obvious by odor or appearance. You just have to mix the
fuel with some water and shake it up in order to test it (at least in
quantites used for oxygenated car gas). E-85, on the other hand, seems to
be detectable by smell. Although pure ethanol has no odor, E-85 has a
noticably weaker gasoline component to its odor.

Thanks!