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Dick Maddux
Joined: 24 Jun 2008
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Location: Milton, Fl
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 Posted: Wed Dec 10, 2008 5:46 am Post subject: Fuel additiveFuel additiveFuel additiveFuel additive |
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Thanks for the excellent research Noel ! As I mentioned previously, I saw the product on my British car site. As you probably know older British cars are not usually driven all that much (as in my case) and between repairs usually sit a lot. This would be an excellent product for that use and I thought it might also apply to our aircraft.. When we get alcohol in our fuel in NW Florida (a couple of years so the newspaper says) then hopefully we will have some reports on the usage of these products. I have installed two NAPA in line filters down line from my wing fuel tanks (along with shutoff valves) anyway. I can readily check them prior to each flight. On the Kitfox there have been some problems with the sloshing compound Kreem in the fiberglass tanks. The product has been flaking off in some cases. I have a very very small amount of flaking in my tanks (at least from a borescope investigation) None has come down the fuel lines. I am keeping my eye on it and if I do see small amounts in the filter then the wings come off and new tanks. Alcohol has also been reported as accelerating the possible problem thus the interest in this new product.
Dick Maddux
Kitfox 4-1200
Rotax 912UL
Pensacola,Fl
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Roger Lee
Joined: 10 Jan 2006
Posts: 1464
Location: Tucson, Az.
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| Posted: Wed Dec 10, 2008 7:14 am Post subject: Re: Fuel additiveFuel additiveFuel additiveFuel additive |
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Hi Guys,
If you have metal tanks or a composite type tank and you are concerned about rust, flaking, pin holes or cracks you can slosh your tank with a product called "Kreem Weiss". It's impervious to all the fuels, oils and aviation fuel additives, it seals holes, cracks and stops and coating from flaking. It's a two part epoxy type mix. It is easy to use and tough as nails.
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Ollie Washburn
Joined: 10 Jan 2006
Posts: 56
Location: Central Florida
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| Posted: Wed Dec 10, 2008 10:23 am Post subject: Re: Fuel additiveFuel additiveFuel additiveFuel additive |
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And where might one find it? I tried Google, but nothing American came up.
Ollie
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Float Flyr
Joined: 19 Jul 2006
Posts: 2704
Location: Campbellton, Newfoundland
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| Posted: Wed Dec 10, 2008 11:03 am Post subject: Fuel additiveFuel additiveFuel additiveFuel additive |
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The good news is your new president may squelch the shift to ethanol. He is an academic and as such can read the data on ethanol... All the data! I don’t expect it to be high on his list of priorities but I’d be surprised if he continues this fiscal farce.
Noel
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Thanks for the excellent research Noel ! As I mentioned previously, I saw the product on my British car site. As you probably know older British cars are not usually driven all that much (as in my case) and between repairs usually sit a lot. This would be an excellent product for that use and I thought it might also apply to our aircraft.. When we get alcohol in our fuel in NW Florida (a couple of years so the newspaper says) then hopefully we will have some reports on the usage of these products. I have installed two NAPA in line filters down line from my wing fuel tanks (along with shutoff valves) anyway. I can readily check them prior to each flight. On the Kitfox there have been some problems with the sloshing compound Kreem in the fiberglass tanks. The product has been flaking off in some cases. I have a very very small amount of flaking in my tanks (at least from a borescope investigation) None has come down the fuel lines. I am keeping my eye on it and if I do see small amounts in the filter then the wings come off and new tanks. Alcohol has also been reported as accelerating the possible problem thus the interest in this new product.
Dick Maddux
Kitfox 4-1200
Rotax 912UL
Pensacola,Fl
Stay in touch with ALL of your friends: update your AIM, Bebo, Facebook, and MySpace pages with just one click. The NEW AOL.com.
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