Message text written by "Jerry"
>Has anybody asked the CAA why we can't use unleaded?
Do they have good reasons to want us to use high lead petrol?
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Unleaded fuel has a lower vapour pressure than 4 star and therefore is more
prone to vapour lock. However with suitable precautions in fuel system
design to prevent vapour lock one would have thought we ought to be able to
justify going 'green'.
See page 21 of the March/April issue of 'Popular Flying ' for the latest
info from PFA Engineering.
Nigel Charles
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