Conspiracy theory - what's wrong with Avgas

[Morph]

This year has been a horrific year for aviation. Apart from Gareth's accident and the one that Violavia was killed in in Saldanha the rest of the crashes have been GA type aircraft and a cursory glance shows a high percentage of engine related causes.

Now here comes the conspiracy theory part. For quite a few years before the banning of leaded fuels, BP had already replaced leaded fuel with the Lead Replacement Petroleum (LRP) and not told anybody. ( I got this juicy bit of information from one of their product managers who addressed our Bike club regarding the safety of LRP).

The other night we had a talk at our Microlight Club meeting regarding the effects of using non-leaded fuel in GA engines and how the valves require lead for lubrication.

At this time a thought struck me, have the petroleum companies not quietly replaced highly leaded Avgas 103 with a LRP replacement and not told anybody?

[nicow]

Interesting.
I would like to sent some Avgas in for tests.Wonder who would sit with red faces?

[Arnulf]

Avgas has not been brewed for quite a while in SA. All being shipped from wherever. I believe there are only two or so refineries left worldwide that brew avgas.
Quality control?

Regards,
Arnulf

[John Boucher]

Check this out......

http://www.epi-eng.com/ET-EndOf100LL.htm

http://www.pprune.org/forums/showthread.php?t=237433