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Old December 18th 04, 09:55 PM
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How long can an aircraft sit unused before the fuel gums up and contaminates
the fuel system?
For instance, if I leave a motorcycle sit too long without a fuel stabilizer
added to the gas, the gas goes bad after a few months and gums up the carbs.
The entire fuel system is affected after a while. Big problem if you try to
store an automobile without lots of prep since fuel lines and everything can
gum up.
What is the life of av gas before it goes bad?
If it's like white gas it can sit almost indefinately. If it's like auto
fuel it can't sit for long.
I ask because some of these planes seem like they're for sale for over a
year or more, and I wonder what kind of problems they have due to sitting
besides the obvious dry startup with no oil on the cam etc. (as if that
isn't enough of a problem)
Alex



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Old December 18th 04, 11:15 PM
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#1ACGuy wrote:

If it's like white gas it can sit almost indefinately. If it's like auto
fuel it can't sit for long.


uhhh..... white gas is a type of unleaded auto gas.

George Patterson
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Old December 19th 04, 12:11 AM
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"G.R. Patterson III" wrote in message
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#1ACGuy wrote:

If it's like white gas it can sit almost indefinately. If it's like auto
fuel it can't sit for long.


uhhh..... white gas is a type of unleaded auto gas.

It may be, but it's much more highly refined and can store for much, much
longer than unleaded auto fuel without gumming up. Auto unleaded will only
store for months, white gas may be good for years.

George Patterson
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enterprise.


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Old December 19th 04, 12:16 AM
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#1ACGuy wrote:

Auto unleaded will only store for months ....


I've been running my 1940 Ford on the same tank for three years now (obviously I
don't take it anywhere -- just run the engine a while).

George Patterson
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Old December 19th 04, 01:55 AM
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#1ACGuy wrote:

"G.R. Patterson III" wrote in message
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#1ACGuy wrote:

If it's like white gas it can sit almost indefinately. If it's like auto
fuel it can't sit for long.


uhhh..... white gas is a type of unleaded auto gas.


It may be, but it's much more highly refined and can store for much, much
longer than unleaded auto fuel without gumming up. Auto unleaded will only
store for months, white gas may be good for years.


It isn't a type of unleaded auto gas, it is a type of naphtha, which
isn't gasoline and isn't benzene, but is between the two in the
distillation process.


Matt

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Old December 19th 04, 02:38 AM
G.R. Patterson III
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Matt Whiting wrote:

It isn't a type of unleaded auto gas, it is a type of naphtha, which
isn't gasoline and isn't benzene, but is between the two in the
distillation process.


Maybe in some circles, but Amoco unleaded gasoline has been called "white gas"
in the South (at least) since I was born (also at least). It's called that
because it's clear.

George Patterson
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Old December 19th 04, 03:12 AM
Matt Whiting
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G.R. Patterson III wrote:


Matt Whiting wrote:

It isn't a type of unleaded auto gas, it is a type of naphtha, which
isn't gasoline and isn't benzene, but is between the two in the
distillation process.



Maybe in some circles, but Amoco unleaded gasoline has been called "white gas"
in the South (at least) since I was born (also at least). It's called that
because it's clear.


I won't dispute that, but still doesn't make it so. I can call a Ford a
Chevy also, but it doesn't make it so.


Matt

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Old December 19th 04, 05:04 AM
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Matt Whiting wrote:

I won't dispute that, but still doesn't make it so. I can call a Ford a
Chevy also, but it doesn't make it so.


Your opinion, but mine is that better than half a century of common usage *does*
make it so. White gas is unleaded car gas.

George Patterson
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Old December 19th 04, 05:48 AM
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G.R. Patterson III wrote:


Matt Whiting wrote:

I won't dispute that, but still doesn't make it so. I can call a Ford a
Chevy also, but it doesn't make it so.


Your opinion, but mine is that better than half a century of common usage *does*
make it so. White gas is unleaded car gas.

George Patterson
The desire for safety stands against every great and noble enterprise.


Its a regional thing.

I've never heard anyone refer to any kind of car gasoline as white gas in the
southwest; white gas goes in camp stoves (or used to before propane took
over).

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Old December 19th 04, 07:13 AM
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G.R. Patterson III wrote:


Matt Whiting wrote:

I won't dispute that, but still doesn't make it so. I can call a Ford
a
Chevy also, but it doesn't make it so.


Your opinion, but mine is that better than half a century of common usage
*does*
make it so. White gas is unleaded car gas.

George Patterson
The desire for safety stands against every great and noble
enterprise.


Its a regional thing.

I've never heard anyone refer to any kind of car gasoline as white gas in
the
southwest; white gas goes in camp stoves (or used to before propane took
over).

--
Jim Pennino


Jim,

Same terminology where I grew up in Michigan. White gas = Coleman.

Jay Beckman
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Chandler, AZ


 




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