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Posted for "Cy Galley" <cgalley@qcbc.org>:

As I understand it the "poisoning" slows down the reaction time so for
setting mixture, it is not a problem.

Cy Galley, TC - Chair, Emergency Aircraft Repair, Oshkosh

Editor, EAA Safety Programs
cgalley@qcbc.org or experimenter@eaa.org

Always looking for articles for  the Experimenter


> >>>I met a Mustang II flyer that has fuel/air ratio gauges for sale...

> Eventually the lead in the avgas will "poison" the sensor and it will
cease
> to function correctly until you get a new sensor.