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What's the best auto gas for a/c use in California?
O.K. guys ..
Anybody have any knowledge of which widely available mogas in California has the least amount of alcohol, MBTE (or whatever?) in it? Going to be using it in a 2 cycle engine in my motor glider, and really don't want anything except just plain old gasoline! Thanks for any input, D.R. Smith |
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Nothing wrong with MTBE. Gasoline has, at times, always had some of it
in the formula. From the stand point of burning it in the engine, unlike alcohol, I know of no detrimental effects. In CA the only choice for the oxygenation ingredient right now is MTBE or Alcohol. Alcohol in aviation fuel has been shown to cause problems. Unlike gasoline, and its usual components, MTBE tends to never stabilize when leaked into the soil. MTBE continues to travel, is not "detoxified" by bacteria in the soil, and goes into the water table. Also appears to be a link to contaminated lakes due to boat motor fuel and also unburned MTBE making it into the atmosphere to become a component of rain. There is also a strong investigative link between increased use of MTBE and increased asthma in children. But as a fuel, gasoline with MTBE is just fine. B^) Oh, BTW, MTBE was voted out of our gasoline 3 years ago, and Gray Davis, by executive order has allowed it to remain. There are over 100 towns in CA that now have ground water supplies that can no longer be used due to MTBE contamination (a suspected carcinogen) and the state pays for trucked in water in those areas. For a very minor benefit in possible air pollution levels the untested, from an environmental standpoint, MTBE was mandated. The damage to the people and the environment has proven to be much worse than anything expected if auto fuel had remained unchanged. wrote: O.K. guys .. Anybody have any knowledge of which widely available mogas in California has the least amount of alcohol, MBTE (or whatever?) in it? Going to be using it in a 2 cycle engine in my motor glider, and really don't want anything except just plain old gasoline! Thanks for any input, D.R. Smith -- Bruce A. Frank, Editor "Ford 3.8/4.2L Engine and V-6 STOL Homebuilt Aircraft Newsletter" | Publishing interesting material| | on all aspects of alternative | | engines and homebuilt aircraft.| *------------------------------**----* \(-o-)/ AIRCRAFT PROJECTS CO. \___/ Manufacturing parts & pieces / \ for homebuilt aircraft, 0 0 TIG welding While trying to find the time to finish mine. |
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A couple months ago, after a friend noticed that the sign: "..we no longer use
MTBE..." by Union Oil at Union stations was accompanied by a tiny, tiny sign on the pumps that "...we might be using alky..", I wrote to Union asking if they were using alky and how much if so. I was shocked to get back the message that said this: "we no longer make gasoline because we sold all our refineries years ago, so we buy fuel from other makers, and we have no idea what is in the fuel". Doesn't that give you a warm feeling? Union used to be the best in calif, now they are just another greedy reseller with no responsibility for their "product". In tests we have made using the water shake, we have found that the gases tested all have about 5 percent alky. Good luck on finding out anything different. And let us know if you do find someone but time is running out. Neal |
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Hey,, That Gray Davis guy sounds like real smart guy.g. If you ever
did a chemical analysis of gasoline you would freak at all the substances in it. Refiners still make the simple stock but all the different resellers add their own additives. It is like food, the basic stuff is safe in moderation. it is all the preservatives that will kill ua all. Ben Haas N801BH "Bruce A. Frank" wrote in message ... Nothing wrong with MTBE. Gasoline has, at times, always had some of it in the formula. From the stand point of burning it in the engine, unlike alcohol, I know of no detrimental effects. In CA the only choice for the oxygenation ingredient right now is MTBE or Alcohol. Alcohol in aviation fuel has been shown to cause problems. Unlike gasoline, and its usual components, MTBE tends to never stabilize when leaked into the soil. MTBE continues to travel, is not "detoxified" by bacteria in the soil, and goes into the water table. Also appears to be a link to contaminated lakes due to boat motor fuel and also unburned MTBE making it into the atmosphere to become a component of rain. There is also a strong investigative link between increased use of MTBE and increased asthma in children. But as a fuel, gasoline with MTBE is just fine. B^) Oh, BTW, MTBE was voted out of our gasoline 3 years ago, and Gray Davis, by executive order has allowed it to remain. There are over 100 towns in CA that now have ground water supplies that can no longer be used due to MTBE contamination (a suspected carcinogen) and the state pays for trucked in water in those areas. For a very minor benefit in possible air pollution levels the untested, from an environmental standpoint, MTBE was mandated. The damage to the people and the environment has proven to be much worse than anything expected if auto fuel had remained unchanged. wrote: O.K. guys .. Anybody have any knowledge of which widely available mogas in California has the least amount of alcohol, MBTE (or whatever?) in it? Going to be using it in a 2 cycle engine in my motor glider, and really don't want anything except just plain old gasoline! Thanks for any input, D.R. Smith -- Bruce A. Frank, Editor "Ford 3.8/4.2L Engine and V-6 STOL Homebuilt Aircraft Newsletter" | Publishing interesting material| | on all aspects of alternative | | engines and homebuilt aircraft.| *------------------------------**----* \(-o-)/ AIRCRAFT PROJECTS CO. \___/ Manufacturing parts & pieces / \ for homebuilt aircraft, 0 0 TIG welding While trying to find the time to finish mine. |
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"Treetopper" wrote in message ... I understand no auto gas is safe for use in california (AGL) between Sept and Feb. due to pumping it full of air or some other oxygenating process. This tends to cause the engine to run extremely lean beyond managmento levels in flying 2 stroke engines and some 4 stroke engines. Pistons are not in themselves all that expensive to replace, its the repair to the landing gear and airframe and hospital bills that kill you. How about some facts? The oxygenates aren't "pumping things full of air." It's a specific additive (reformuation) to the fuel. Currently threre are two popular ones. MBTE and Ethanol. Ethanol is NOT approved for autogas STC'd aircraft. There are problems with both corrosiveness and interaction with rubber to solve. MBTE is fine, but it's disappearing because it's a lot more toxic and due to he absolutely abysmal status of most underground gas storage tanks, it's a significant pollution risk. |
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The really stupid part about all of this is that the oil companies say
that they now have the ability to formulate gasoline that matches the clean burn levels required without the necessity of adding either MTBE or alcohol...but the Feds MANDATE alcohol...a deal for the corn lobby and a backwards step in efficiency. Orval Fairbairn wrote: In article , "Ron Natalie" wrote: "Treetopper" wrote in message ... I understand no auto gas is safe for use in california (AGL) between Sept and Feb. due to pumping it full of air or some other oxygenating process. This tends to cause the engine to run extremely lean beyond managmento levels in flying 2 stroke engines and some 4 stroke engines. Pistons are not in themselves all that expensive to replace, its the repair to the landing gear and airframe and hospital bills that kill you. How about some facts? The oxygenates aren't "pumping things full of air." It's a specific additive (reformuation) to the fuel. Currently threre are two popular ones. MBTE and Ethanol. Ethanol is NOT approved for autogas STC'd aircraft. There are problems with both corrosiveness and interaction with rubber to solve. MBTE is fine, but it's disappearing because it's a lot more toxic and due to he absolutely abysmal status of most underground gas storage tanks, it's a significant pollution risk. The corrosiveness is not due to the alcohol, per se, but due to alcohol's affinity for water that causes the corrosion. It will soak the water right out of the air and deposit it in your tank, wher the water will star the corrosive process. -- Bruce A. Frank, Editor "Ford 3.8/4.2L Engine and V-6 STOL Homebuilt Aircraft Newsletter" | Publishing interesting material| | on all aspects of alternative | | engines and homebuilt aircraft.| |
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"Bruce A. Frank" wrote in message ... The really stupid part about all of this is that the oil companies say that they now have the ability to formulate gasoline that matches the clean burn levels required without the necessity of adding either MTBE or alcohol...but the Feds MANDATE alcohol...a deal for the corn lobby and a backwards step in efficiency. The other issue is that one company (Unocal I think) owns the patent to the most popular reformulated fuel strategy. This may be stiffling the rest of the industry pushing for requiring (or even allowing) the reformulation. |
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On Tue, 16 Sep 2003 05:32:41 GMT, "Bruce A. Frank"
wrote: The really stupid part about all of this is that the oil companies say that they now have the ability to formulate gasoline that matches the clean burn levels required without the necessity of adding either MTBE or alcohol...but the Feds MANDATE alcohol...a deal for the corn lobby and a backwards step in efficiency. You can thank Archer Daniel Midland's contributions to the Bush campaign for the fact that you will soon NOT be able to buy fuel without their alcohol in it. I wonder how many repairs, how many people will die in aircraft engine failure related crashes due to their politics? STILL have not heard ... Chevron76arcoshell .. or whatever as an answer to my question .... |
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