NetHeads, For those who'd rather burn ethanol-free fuel, there's a website that lists most known vendors in the US and Canada at http://www.pure-gas.org/ . They also have free iPhone and Android apps that will guide you to a nearby station, along with pertinent info such as octane ratings. It is regularly updated by folks like you and me through the web page. I think this has been posted before, so this may be just a reminder. I bought some today for the lawnmowers and the generator, and two more stations popped up near the airport and near where I work.
Be advised that auto fuel is more prone to vapor lock, especially under hot conditions, but ethanol-laced auto fuel is even worse. Ethanol (and even auto fuel, depending on what's in it) is famous for dissolving composite fuel tanks and various "rubber" parts in fuel systems, but I've run a lot of it through my vinylester tank and Ellison carb with no detrimental effects. Car fuel burns cleaner in my Corvair powered plane than 100LL, which deposits lead in the combustion chambers and on the valves. I prefer it over 100LL, but only use 93 octane due to the compression of my engine. I have a small piece of N891JF's vinylester tank soaking in ethanol-free auto fuel now, but will continue to run 100LL in it until I'm convinced it won't be an issue. I'm still nowhere near flying, but am hoping to fly it to the Gathering... Mark Langford ML at N56ML.com website at http://www.N56ML.com --------------------------------------------------------
