Despite the wording of the title, the use of 100LL avgas in old tractors has nothing to do with the increased octane rating. However, the chemical additive package for avgas which makes it 100 octane, is part of the reason it is so stable, and has a much greater consistency that pump auto gas.
I've seen phase separation(Ethanol coming out of suspension) in auto gas left > 6 months in a humid enviro. This is a big, big problem as most gasket, seals, and other rubber compounds do not do well in a high Ethanol enviro. The percentage, and type of aeromatics left in auto gas would never be allowed in avgas, as the RVP would cause trouble at altitude.
One could say that avgas is a sweeter refinement. which helps last much longer than summer blend auto fuel.
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Today's Featured Article - Tuning-Up Your Tractor: Oil, Oil Filter and Air Breather - by Curtis Von Fange. In the preceding articles we discussed some of the various aspects of doing a comprehensive tune up. Hopefully some light was shed on why we do or don't do certain things pertaining to inspections and order of events when doing a tune up. Perhaps some useful reasons were given for why parts fail and what to do about preventing part failure in the future. All these tips will help us think and reason out a problem in order to make our tune up last and, hopefully, keep us from spending extra mone
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