Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/17/84; site hplabsb.UUCP Path: utzoo!utcs!lsuc!pesnta!hplabsb!bl From: bl@hplabsb.UUCP Newsgroups: net.aviation Subject: Re: Deadstick- Straight-Tail 150 Engine Failure Message-ID: <3141@hplabsb.UUCP> Date: Thu, 31-Oct-85 13:07:44 EST Article-I.D.: hplabsb.3141 Posted: Thu Oct 31 13:07:44 1985 Date-Received: Fri, 1-Nov-85 22:24:11 EST References: <322@ssc-vax.UUCP> Distribution: net Organization: Hewlett Packard Labs, Palo Alto CA Lines: 17 > 3. Another guy pulled up in a 150 and asked what I was up to. I drained a > 100% water sample. His response? "Yeah, I use autogas, too." > Lesson #3: Autogas might be cheap, but so are pine boxes. It may seem > silly to pay 50 cents a gallon for some red dye, but it does make SEEING > the water easier... or telling the difference between a sample of fuel and > a sample of water. Autogas is clear, just like water. Pardon me for saying this, but BULL. The autogas I use in my C150 is not clear, it has a definite yellow color. As for getting water mixed in with the autogas, I've never had this problem since I can see what I am pouring into my tanks through a two step filter which removes not only particles but also water. I've never seen any water contamination. What kind of luck have you had with avegas? :-) Maybe the difference is that my 150 doesn't have a straight tail. :-) In any case, I'm glad to hear that it all turned out OK. I know the feeling when one's engine quits; I had a carb ice problem once.