AV gas for the generator

wopachop wrote:

DrewE wrote:

I find it rather astounding that people will spend extra money to get leaded gasoline for their generators--which are not designed or specified by the manufacturer to operate on--in order to avoid ethanol, which the manufacturer specifically approves and permits.

I think you got me. Hard to argue im not a jerk to still buy leaded gas. I run it in my dirt bike sometimes. Lately i buy sonoco brand 110. I think its leaded.

Let say i dont spill a drop. Please feel free to make fun of this question. Does the lead come out as a gas? How does it work in terms of leaded gasoline exiting the exhaust?

I'm not making fun of you here. You asked a question, and, I will try to answer it with minimal technical mumbo jumbo. Lead is not added to gasoline. Lead is a metal, like what's in bullets. Tetra ethyl lead (a hydrocarbon soluble liquid) is whats added to gasoline. In addition, ethylene dibromide, (also a hydrocarbon soluble liquid) must also be added to gasoline as a scavenging agent to minimize the formation/buildup of lead particles in the combustion chamber. This reduces the tendency of lead particles to form around the spark plug(s) which will eventually cause lead fouling. During the combustion process, the negative bromide ions (in ethylene dibromide) combine with positive lead ions (in tetra ethyl lead) to form lead dibromide, which is a very high molecular weight gas, but, still, a gas which exits the combustion chamber into the atmosphere. (which, it is believed goes on to cause learning disabilities in young developing brains) Or, if it goes through a catalytic converter, it absorbs there, until it ruins it, THEN it passes into the atmosphere. That's as simple as I can say it.

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