Ghetto gasoline- don't do it!
#11
09-12-2016, 06:10 PM
Stellar HDF Member
#12
09-14-2016, 06:49 AM
Road Captain
#13
09-14-2016, 06:50 AM
Road Captain
My last trip upstate I stopped halfway to refuel and when I pulled up to the pump they only had 91 octane but after reading a little more I saw that the sign said non-ethanol 91. First time I ever saw that and really didn't have any other choices so in it went. I must say and I'm serious about this. That non-ethanol fuel made my bike run smoother. Is it in my head or has any one else noticed the difference...?
#14
09-14-2016, 04:15 PM
Seasoned HDF Member
#15
09-14-2016, 04:43 PM
Tourer
#16
09-14-2016, 05:03 PM
Tourer
A bit off subject but the leaded gas made me remember...I was doing electrical work at a refinery back when unleaded was coming to be. It was going to cost more, according to oil companies, because they had to "take the lead out of the gas" before it could be sold. I asked a guy at the blending docks at the refinery about that. He laughed his *** off and said the lead was the last thing they added to the gas before they shipped it. Unleaded gas was much cheaper to produce than leaded. But we paid more for it.
#17
09-18-2016, 02:43 PM
All the gas pumps had a square decal on the side that said "Contains Lead".
Ethyl was a product name for the company that produced the anti knock compound.
The hi test pumps had the "Ethyl" brand name on them, so the hi test fuel was commonly referred to as "Ethyl".
Last edited by Dan89FLSTC; 09-18-2016 at 02:57 PM.
#18
11-29-2016, 09:09 AM
#19
11-29-2016, 08:01 PM
They were not putting Used car batteries in gas it was Tetraethyllead lead was just the short name. It was used as an octane booster.
It is produced by reacting chloroethane with a sodium–lead alloy or reacting Ethylmagnesium Iodide with Lead chloride.
By the time they started phasing it out it was due to become unnecessary anyway.
Running ethanol blend at 10% does not make a lot of difference in how either my bikes or cars run. When ethanol blended fuel first came around my old stuff did not like it because the rubber hoses and many gaskets in carbs did not hold up to ethanol .
Who is old enough to remember white gas ?
It is produced by reacting chloroethane with a sodium–lead alloy or reacting Ethylmagnesium Iodide with Lead chloride.
By the time they started phasing it out it was due to become unnecessary anyway.
Running ethanol blend at 10% does not make a lot of difference in how either my bikes or cars run. When ethanol blended fuel first came around my old stuff did not like it because the rubber hoses and many gaskets in carbs did not hold up to ethanol .
Who is old enough to remember white gas ?
#20
11-29-2016, 08:35 PM
Road Warrior