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To: nascarnation

I imagine they took the lead out and put alcohol in it now.


107 posted on 10/17/2013 10:38:52 AM PDT by mountainlion (Live well for those that did not make it back.)
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To: mountainlion

No not at all.
Airplane guys don’t put up with that sh!t.
When you’re flying it’s gotta work...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/100LL#100LL_.28blue.29


109 posted on 10/17/2013 10:41:24 AM PDT by nascarnation (Frequently wrong but rarely in doubt....)
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To: mountainlion

That 100LL stands for “Lots o lead.” (^;

I tried running lawn equipment on 100LL to get around the alcohol/MTBE problem and the deposits got bad enough in the 4 strokes that the valves quit sealing. Not to mention the increase in octane is counterproductive on low compression engines.


127 posted on 10/17/2013 11:45:50 AM PDT by Clay Moore ("In politics, stupidity is not a handicap." Napoleon Bonaparte)
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