BarqsHasBite@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 1 month agoBack in the 1970s when we switched to unleaded gas, what did the vehicles that ran on leaded gas do?message-squaremessage-square42fedilinkarrow-up198arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up198arrow-down1message-squareBack in the 1970s when we switched to unleaded gas, what did the vehicles that ran on leaded gas do?BarqsHasBite@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 1 month agomessage-square42fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarelettruthout@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up22·1 month agoIn the US the only source of leaded gasoline that I’m aware of is aviation gas. Lots of (all?) older piston-driven airplanes use it.
minus-squareBarqsHasBite@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·edit-21 month agoI looked this up, many do but the new additives are supposed to be good enough to replace it. (For piston planes).
minus-squareDieinahole@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 month agoFunny thing, that additive is pretty much just diesel
In the US the only source of leaded gasoline that I’m aware of is aviation gas. Lots of (all?) older piston-driven airplanes use it.
I looked this up, many do but the new additives are supposed to be good enough to replace it. (For piston planes).
Funny thing, that additive is pretty much just diesel