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Old 01-25-2011, 05:26 PM
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Default RE: What kind of fuel to use?

LOL Gary, I suppose we will have to dis-agree on this. The good news for you is I have a half gallon of Byron 15% with your name on it. Glow fuel is alcohol based and once the seal has been opened, it startsabsorbing moisture. You can slow the process but never really stop it and yes todays fuels are better at even this but it still happens. On my race planes I notice a drop in RPMs if the fuel is a few weeks old. When I flew helicopters, the engines ran noticably hotter when the fuel was more than a month old. I even noticed that engine bearings and crankshafts would rust faster. So I will continue to remove my engines after a weekend of racing, lube them up with ATF and bag them and I will save all my old fuel for ya. Maybe meet up in Vegas one day and give ya a case or two of half empty jugs