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| Subject: | Proven sloshing fluid for Ethanol? |
Has anyone found a good fluid yet? Seems someone has proven the early
Jabiru fluid was indeed not good enough. See attached.
Appreciate if anyone has info on an alcohol proof fluid yet.
Regards, Clive
P.S. suggestions from folk to only use avgas are only accepted for folk
who are paying less than $14 a gallon for it
From: Dave (Skycraft) [mailto:dave@sky-craft.co.uk]
Sent: 15 March 2013 12:25
Subject: CAA Safety Sense Leaflet 4
Dear Jabiru and Rans Owners,
Attached is a copy of the CAA Safety Sense Leaflet No 4 which is about
Mogas and Ethanol.
Although this leaflet has been around since January 2012 I thought I
would re-send it.
We have a Jabiru customer who has been using Mogas in his aircraft and
had not realized the implications of the fuel suppliers adding ethanol
to their supplies. The Ethanol has eaten away the inside of his wing
fuel tanks, leaked out into the wing causing further damage. The long
and short of this sad tale is that both his wings are scrap and not
covered by his insurance.
Looking through the aircraft's log books I calculate that the savings of
using Mogas since ethanol was added may be about =A340, a replacement
set of wings will be several thousand pounds. If there is 10% Ethanol
in the fuel and the ethanol is washed out this in effect increases your
garage pump price by about 14p.
So it's just not worth it in our opinion.
Regards
Dave Almey
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