ORIGINAL: Vinceyboy

Hi all, I have read a lot of threads on this subject, David Gladwin put a thread on the JMA Forum warning of the dangers of using Turbine oil, the main people affected being those that work in the aviation industry, not just your Sunday jet jock.

But I believe warnings should be heeded, and once I've exhausted my small stock of turbine oil, will change over to DTE Lite, OK, so you have to buy a 20ltr drum, well that's not a lot if you share it between four of five club mates, which in our club, (Bickley, Kent, UK) we have quite a few jet flyers.

As regards fuel, I have heard of people using Diesel and heating oil to run their turbines, which is virtually the same as Kero/Jet A1/Paraffin, If do a Google search, or Wikipedia, It explains the difference between these fuels, which is mainly the way it is refined, but by using good filtration whilst decanting should make sure the fuel is clean.

Many jet flyers in the UK now use these other fuels as the price of Paraffin is now so expensive, and as suggested, a chat to a local airfield could get you flying a bit more economically.