[Farmall] Sta-Bil

Mike Sloane mikesloane at verizon.net
Mon Jul 19 03:42:55 PDT 2010


Along the lines of what Jim wrote, it you put leaded gas in your modern 
car/truck, I am pretty sure it will ruin the catalytic converter - a 
very expensive proposition.

Mike

On 7/18/2010 11:48 PM, Jim Becker wrote:
> Ethanol free gas may be available in Iowa, but Iowa was pushing ethanol in
> gas before anyone else knew what it was.  I think it was in most of the gas
> there 30 years ago.  Oxygenated gas is required by region, and the regions
> are covering more of the country all the time.  MTBE was the original
> oxygenate but now ethanol is allowed as an alternative.  I don't know if
> MTBE is still used anywhere or not.  It is nasty stuff and probably should
> be banned if it isn't.
>
> You will not find lead in gas at a conventional gas station anywhere in the
> US.  There are a few places like "superfuels" that sell things like avgas.
> Those places generally only pump into your portable containers and can get
> in big trouble by pumping into a highway vehicle.  I think about the only
> TEL that remains available is in 100LL avgas (maybe in some other avgas as
> well).
> Jim Becker
>



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