Banguts
ArboristSite Member
Is there an octane that is too high and shouldn't run in my saws? The only place near me is 100 octane aviation fuel from the airport.
I just called up there, they said that it's perfect for a chainsaw, and "the fumes don't bother me at all."Not a good idea to use 100LL.
It's technically illegal to use in a chainsaw (chainsaws are EPA regulated) plus the fumes are a neurotoxin. And then there's the whole $6-7/gallon thing too. May as well just use "canned" fuel.
100LL has about 4x the TEL then pre 1970s mogas did, it's pretty nasty stuff all considering. In a plane at least you aren't sucking on the exhaust fumes the whole time it's running (unlike with a chainsaw)
Sorry, I didn't se this post til just now, wasn't meaning to ignore you. I'm not sure, but when I told them it was for chainsaw use, immediately told me it's the best you can use. $4.25/gal.What kind of aviation fuel? The aviation fuel I'm familiar with is more akin to diesel than gasoline.
I just called up there, they said that it's perfect for a chainsaw, and "the fumes don't bother me at all."
I'm in the dark on the matter, but, where you are saying 100 isn't good to run, what octane is the highest you would run? Most of the premix I've ever seen is 92-93..
And that's even with the low lead fuel? I'm assuming that's what the LL meant when you said 100LL.It's not the octane, it's the fact that is has a high level of TEL (Tetra Ethyl Lead). Same stuff that was banned in the 70s for mogas.
It was banned because of the pollution and high levels of lead in everyone's blood. It's still used in AVGAS because there hasn't been a replacement that the FFA has approved yet. Also the EPA doesn't have exhaust laws on aircraft like they do on cars/trucks and ***.
No, it won't kill right after running a few gallons, though why risk it if you don't need to?
If you are using saws quite a bit, just run normal gasahol and plan on replacing the fuel system. If you aren't using them often, run the canned fuel.
I'm very surprised that an airport in Cali would say it was fine for you. Even here, where there is a "meh" attitude toward most of the restrictive "sort of b/s" laws it's not allowed. You can fill cans at the airport, no one will really question that, but if you tell them it's for a car, saw, etc, nope.
I guess you could say we're lucky or the powers that be are forward thinking our petrol /gas/essence contains NO E whatso ever in any of the available fuel grades Im a sceptic & keep testing a sample when the tank gets topped up BUT so far no sign of the dreaded E
I agree and I certainly hope you don't think my post was a shot at you. Just saying the quality of ethanol fuel sucks and we're pretty much forced to buy the crap.No Gasahol in planes because it absorbs water which could freeze.
Plus AVGAS hasn't really changed in 75 years, they aren't exactly in a hurry.
I never said 100ll won't work in ***, I said inhaling lead fumes is not good.
I never said 100ll won't work in ***, I said inhaling lead fumes is not good.
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