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A year long investigation of refueling procedures at Italy's Malpensa
airport has resulted in the arrest of 14 people suspected of skimming
off jet fuel. The employees are charged with stealing up to 5,000
liters of fuel between 1994 and 1998, which was then sold as diesel or
heating fuel.
-----Original Message-----
From: Mike Poorboy <bitterrootprop@nidlink.com>
To: Daniel <daniel@seaport.net>; datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net
<datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net>; bluebirds@bluebirds.datsun510.com
<bluebirds@bluebirds.datsun510.com>
Date: Thursday, November 11, 1999 3:39 PM
Subject: Re: New miracle fuel additive?
>Daniel,
>This is kind of related!! We use to put a little bet of Jet turbine oil
>in Avgas back in the seventies. Avgas tended to have less lubricant
>then regular pump gas. The cars seem to run better with a little oil mixed
>in. Avgas at that time still had lead in it, so it had nothing to do with
>the lead content. I ran this mixture in are dragster and in my pickup.
>100-130 octane can really pick up your performance, but not quite
>as much as the military 115-145 purple gas. Never got to try running it.
>I never had to wait in line during the gas crisis either. It was my job to
>drain the water out of the bottom of the fuel trucks tank. It always just
>seemed to take about five gallons in my jug to get it out :-).
>
>Mike
>
>Daniel wrote:
>
>> Here is a crazy question.
>>
>> Some old timer just told me, that do to the earlier car engines being
>> designed to run on leaded fuel, today's unleaded would damage older car's
>> valves. OK.
>>
>> He said that, in his old Toyota pickup he ran 1 gallon of diesel in a
full
>> tank of unleaded once a month or so. What the heck??
>>
>> What was he talking about? Any ideas?
>>
>> Daniel Beatty
>> 65 1600 #1322
>> Portland, OR
>
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