Using AVgas in your small engines
Curious as to others experience using Aviation gas 100LL which is a low lead 100 octane fuel. I have been using in all my small engines; lawn equipment and generators, for some time with excellent res...
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The owner of a local outboard motor repair shop told a group of us that we'll have fewer fuel-based problems in small engines using 100LL. A member of the group has had a lot of small engine problems at his remote ranch in west Texas. So he went to the local airport and bought 5 gallons of av gas.
None of the engines he tried ran right, or would run at all, on that gas. He had to drain it out and replace it with plain old auto gas. Everything started and ran fine. No idea why that would happen. Plan to ask the outboard motor expert next time I see him.
None of the engines he tried ran right, or would run at all, on that gas. He had to drain it out and replace it with plain old auto gas. Everything started and ran fine. No idea why that would happen. Plan to ask the outboard motor expert next time I see him.
