38 Flattie Valve stuck

Originally posted by Tony Smith
Perhaps not. In many of the Outback Aboriginal communities petrol sniffing has become quite a problem amongst the young, with devastating results. To combat this many communities have outlawed Unleaded and the old Super petrol. This means that you can only buy Diesel or Avgas. Avgas doesn't have many of the aromatics that the sniffers get high on, but it does have an octane rating of 110/130 and double lead content .

OH! You get the good stuff. Our fly-boys have to make do with 100LL and I suspect watch the boost and mixture controls like a hawk.

This means that modern petrol engined cars and 4wds have all sorts of catalyst and oxygen sensor problems . . . . .

The EU spec fiddling here with petrol has seen the situation worsen with another tweak to RVP and volatility hike in the quest for low pollution and it plays havoc with old carburettors causing both icing and percolation.

Comme ça; this little siphon I use for getting the odd cup of petrol from a jerrican, the tap leaks at about 1.5 drips/min, this was taken on a damp 8ºC day and occurred within 1 min.

R.
(Making a water heat arrangement for a certain 48NNIP Solex)