So what happens when 100LL is gone anyway?

"TaxSrv" wrote in message
Don't see a problem there. Anything we must have, we will pay for,
until the price becomes so high.... Think addictive illegal drugs and
sex from better than your usual skank entrepreneur. I suspect the
profits of the UK company on this are enormous. It's one company
because of a low volume product and for whatever reason competitors
anywhere can't or don't wish to come in. It's UK (or could be
anywhere else)

Russia is supposed to be making it and cranking up production as well.
Whether the EPA or some other lets that keep going is a poser.

because of our EPA rules here, but not their similar
rules on exports of such products. The main problem is the EPA keeps
pushing for the big players to come up with a plan. Like a low-cost
way to modify/recertify existing engines.


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Leaded autogas is available at every fuel pump in Venezuela, it's not
going away any time soon, and I would bet they're not buying their TEL
from the UK. Any engine that runs OK on 100LL will run just fine on
premium (91 Octane) summer gas (blended for low RVP) with a TEL
additive to boost the octane to 100. This is a tempest in a teapot.

Michael

That's great news... if you live/fly in Venezuela...Try finding leaded
autogas in the US

"Mike Weller" wrote in message

So what happened when the 100/115 green gas went away?

One of the scariest times in my life was having green gas all over me
when the pilot of the A-26 asked me to put just a little more gas in
it.

Wasn't St. Paddy's Day, was it?

My point is not that you can buy leaded autogas in the US, but that you
can buy TEL from Venezuela. I can pretty much assure you that if 100LL
shows signs of going away, someone will be doing exactly that, and
selling octane-boosting lead treatments for planes. For that matter,
they are already being sold for boats. So put in premium, add the
octane booster, and go fly.

Michael

"Martin Hotze" wrote in message
...
wrote:

That's fine for new production & some retrofits, but what about all the
Navajos/Twin Cessnas/Barons/etc. where re-engining would cost more than
the aircraft?


well, the best time to get rid of those 20-something year old planes with
a
50 year old design and 100 year old steam gauges.

why don't you still drive your car you had in your 60's?

#m
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Three witches watch three Swatch watches.
Which witch watches which Swatch watch?

And go to a Diesel which is Older Technology than Gasoline?

You will either buy an octane booster and add it to the gas, or modify
the engine so it can run on the gas being sold. There is sure to be a
way to solve this problem.

In article , Martin Hotze
wrote:

why don't you still drive your car you had in your 60's?

Because I'm only 46. ;-)

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no one likes an educated mule

Michael wrote:
Leaded autogas is available at every fuel pump in Venezuela, it's not
going away any time soon, and I would bet they're not buying their TEL
from the UK. Any engine that runs OK on 100LL will run just fine on
premium (91 Octane) summer gas (blended for low RVP) with a TEL
additive to boost the octane to 100. This is a tempest in a teapot.

Michael

Want to clarify that since most of the auto gas, even premium, in the
Midwest has alcohol in it?

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In article , Martin Hotze
wrote:

why don't you still drive your car you had in your 60's?

Because I'm only 46. ;-)

and how old is the plane you fly (and maybe even own)?

It's a 1974 cherokee.

btw - maybe my response (an attempt at humor) would have
been clearer if it had been: Because I'm only in my 40's.

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