Does your auto gas contain 10% ethanol?
Could ethanol/alcohol laced gas been picked up some at another
airport?
How are you able to do this mix at re-fueling airports away from
home?
Was the Hysol out-of-date when it was applied?
Was the mix ratio correct?
Also, taking a cue from Lorn where he stated he didn't find alcohol in the
sample of premium that he tested, note that:
1) The EPA requires at least 40 different formulations of auto gas around
the country.
2) Gas pumps I take my car to (in the Chicago area) say "Fuel
contains up to 10% Ethanol" (that's from 0 to 10%).
3) In the summer, I know that Chicago and St Louis are the recipient of
some of those very special EPA formulations to reduce "emissions." Who
knows what the auto fuel contents are around the country in any given
season.
4) The EAA-promoted MOGAS STC requires that there be less than 1%
alcohol present.
The alcohol/ethanol content of auto gas can vary from place to place and
tanker dump to tanker dump.
Considering the number of hours flown over the number of
years mentioned by you in your first e-mail (300 TT/8 yrs), how much do you
think was saved in fuel costs?
Lets' see, 300 hrs at 10 gph, 3000 gal of which 1500 cost $3.00/gal
and 1500 cost $2.00. Hmmmm, that was a savings of $1500.00 over
8 years or about $200 per year.
What are the specs of 9339 and 9360?
I hope you find the answers you are looking for.
Scott Krueger
AKA Grayhawk
Lancair N92EX IO320 SB 89/96
Aurora, IL (KARR)
A man
has got to know his limitations.
PS: I have some mature Hysol and I was going to create some test strips for
dipping in auto gas and the real stuff (100LL), but the results might not
develop for 7 or 8 years, so I abandoned the
idea.