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> I have been flying a Piper Tri Pacer, Lycomming 150hp for quite a while
burning
> Regular car pump gasoiline (STC"d for car gas). I have noticed no problems
at all using the
> car gas.
> Brent S.

I did not have problems either, for years.  Then I launched off 3 or 4 times
with the engine sagging enough to wonder if I was going to make it back to
the runway.  All the while checking for fuel obstructions, flow testing,
tearing down the carb, full ignition check, etc.etc..  Since auto fuel had
worked for years why would I suspect it?  Which is my point, don't trust the
stuff to remain consistent, it isn't worth the few $ saved.

One more point, I bought a tank of Conoco Premium and it was so far off spec
that my car would detonate very loudly at anything above idle.  Avgas can be
contaminated as has been well publicized,  but the odds are much better.
Another example is a friend who bought a RV6 with 400+ hours on it, all on
avgas.  He has his own strip and also had been running auto gas for years.
The engine quit on the first takeoff when auto gas dissolved the fuel tank
sealer, sold and recommended by Vans,  plugged the screen.  Van no longer
recommends this sealer (Randolph's solvent based, white sloshing compound)
and I don't think Randolph makes it any longer.   Steve

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