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Originally Posted by Ca. Kid
Yesterday when I was at the county airport a club member called me and said he was out of gas in his Model A near the airport. I explained to him we didn't have auto gas, only avgas 100LL, which is 100 octane with no alcohol and a small percentage of lead. I have burned 100LL in everything from an antique Curtis 0X-5 to chainsaws with no problem. He agreed that it should be ok as he only had 5 miles to get home. We put in 2 gallons and off he went.
Later that evening he called and told me what happened. After about 3 miles the engine stared heating up and missing, by the time he got home it was running on 2 cylinders with a blown head gasket. He was pulling the head last night so I hope that was the only damage.
My question is do any of you petro chemical engineers have any ideas as to why 100LL would cause this or was it just a coincidence?
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Have you ever seen "The beverly Hillbillies"? They always used alchole!
John