Fuel changed colour in one tank
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Re: Fuel changed colour in one tank
Green is the proper color on our gauges. Red is bad! Hard to get green any respect, but let things turn red and see the sweat pop out on your forehead
OLE POKEY
170C
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170C
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2012-2018
Re: Fuel changed colour in one tank
Yep, I agreee... Green is Lower/Slower... and it’s why a RED-line is found, for example, at the TOP end of our Airspeed Indicators.170C wrote:Green is the proper color on our gauges. Red is bad! Hard to get green any respect, but let things turn red and see the sweat pop out on your forehead
'53 B-model N146YS SN:25713
50th Anniversary of Flight Model. Winner-Best Original 170B, 100th Anniversary of Flight Convention.
An originality nut (mostly) for the right reasons.
50th Anniversary of Flight Model. Winner-Best Original 170B, 100th Anniversary of Flight Convention.
An originality nut (mostly) for the right reasons.
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cessna170bdriver
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Re: Fuel changed colour in one tank
And the 115/145 has to mix red and blue (purple) to get it to burn even slower...GAHorn wrote:You realize, Pokey, that the higher octane 100/130 has even MORE lead in it to make it burn s l o w e r (not detonate)... and that’s why they color it GREEN.170C wrote:I have noticed on a couple of occasions that 100LL placed in a clear, plastic bottle and exposed to sunlight will lose its blue color. Becomes clear. Still smells the same and will still run my tug.
Miles
“I envy no man that knows more than myself, but pity them that know less.”
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“I envy no man that knows more than myself, but pity them that know less.”
— Thomas Browne
Re: Fuel changed colour in one tank
Yeah... contaminating red is bad Ju-Ju.cessna170bdriver wrote:And the 115/145 has to mix red and blue (purple) to get it to burn even slower...GAHorn wrote:You realize, Pokey, that the higher octane 100/130 has even MORE lead in it to make it burn s l o w e r (not detonate)... and that’s why they color it GREEN.170C wrote:I have noticed on a couple of occasions that 100LL placed in a clear, plastic bottle and exposed to sunlight will lose its blue color. Becomes clear. Still smells the same and will still run my tug.
Anyone got a PURPLE One-Seventy?
'53 B-model N146YS SN:25713
50th Anniversary of Flight Model. Winner-Best Original 170B, 100th Anniversary of Flight Convention.
An originality nut (mostly) for the right reasons.
50th Anniversary of Flight Model. Winner-Best Original 170B, 100th Anniversary of Flight Convention.
An originality nut (mostly) for the right reasons.
Re: Fuel changed colour in one tank
Actually saw one @ KXBP last week. I was up on the ladder adding fuel when he taxied by. It was nearly dark and I didn’t have time to chase him down. As usual I can’t get the pic to load but I’ll email it to you George!GAHorn wrote:
Yeah... contaminating red is bad Ju-Ju.
Anyone got a PURPLE One-Seventy?
Re: Fuel changed colour in one tank
John Nielsen of Flight Resource has a purple 170.