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Old 12-16-2013, 05:34 PM
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JEFFH,

Me too I hate the stench of autogas. I use Avgas 100LL mixed 50:1 with my favorite oil. There is no smell to speak of and the transparent blue appearance is outstanding. Avgas has key advantages over autogas and a few important disadvantages.

Storage is practically years with no break down. Smell is terrific. Burns exceedingly clean. I use it because of these key factors; they are important to me

You have to buy it at the local regional airport tho, not the corner station. It's about 50% more expensive than autogas so at current auto gas prices of around 3.25$, expect to pay about 4.75 a gallon for Avgas. Still a far cry from glow tho. Plus you use much less gas than glow per minute, same displacement and rpm