| First, anytime anyone talks about any fuel being "high" octane ask them what octane rateing their quoteing (if below 100 octane). Any number above 100 is rated on a supercharge scale. Onto fuel available from airports. All Avgas is leaded. You've got a couple of options but the most available is 100LL (the LL stands for Low Lead not unleaded). Second, there are multiple types of Jet fuel with the most common being labeled JetA (what most airliners and passenger jets use). Avgas is dyed to help pilots identify the type of fuel in their tanks and determine if it's been contaminated with a lower grade of fuel. 80 octane (not sure the scale, assume it's PON)----Red
100LL (Low lead, assume supercharge)----Blue
100 (yes this contains lead)----Green Green 100 is also labeled 100/130 sometimes. The 100 being on the PON scale the 130 being the supercharge number. I wouldn't run these fuels on emissions controlled vehicles. Especially the 100. If you put Jet A in your tank your car probably won't even start. A paper I wrote on some basics of fuel This will answer alot of your questions on fuels.
========================================================
"I have no experience with this specific pump so don't continue reading expecting to find you answers." - ZLover4Life 07:14 3/16/04
 |
