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Re: Oxygen content in fuel - looks complicated
Posted by 'richydehav' on 10 Feb 2009 @ 23:39

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richydehavJoined: August 2006
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Caterham,
We probably need someone like ITPRO to give an answer to this but it does look complicated. i found this article on the Times website but have no idea how accurate their comments are!

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/driving/car_clinic/article4607446.ece

The article suggests that for maximum power you have to run a `rich' mixture and for economy you run a `lean' mixture.

Buying your fuel from a busy petrol station should help avoid problems such as dirt in the fuel but there have been suggestions that the name on the pumps does not always match the fuel in the tanks.If this is true then the oxygen content may not be consistent.

As has been said elsewhere on the forum, at club meetings you can probably get away with anything as the fuel testing equipment is expensive - hence the need for control fuel for major events.

Message Thread:

Oxygen content in fuel by 'caterham' (08 Feb 2009 @ 16:18)

Re: Oxygen content in fuel by 'DCharity' (08 Feb 2009 @ 20:20)

Re: Oxygen content in fuel by 'John' (08 Feb 2009 @ 22:08)

Re: Oxygen content in fuel by 'SimonP' (10 Feb 2009 @ 10:05)

Re: Oxygen content in fuel by 'davidmc' (10 Feb 2009 @ 10:25)

Re: Oxygen content in fuel by 'SimonP' (10 Feb 2009 @ 10:38)

Re: Oxygen content in fuel by 'caterham' (10 Feb 2009 @ 10:30)

Re: Caterham by 'John' (10 Feb 2009 @ 11:56)

Re: Caterham by 'caterham' (10 Feb 2009 @ 12:14)

Re: Caterham by 'John' (10 Feb 2009 @ 12:18)

Re: Oxygen content in fuel by 'k44tng' (10 Feb 2009 @ 13:39)

Re: Oxygen content in fuel by 'DanTheK1RaceGearMan' (10 Feb 2009 @ 22:02)

Re: Oxygen content in fuel by 'jakes93DAD' (12 Feb 2009 @ 16:05)

Re: Oxygen content in fuel - looks complicated by 'richydehav' << You are here!

Re: Oxygen content in fuel - looks complicated by 'Marc' (11 Feb 2009 @ 15:19)

Re: Oxygen content in fuel - looks complicated by 'John' (11 Feb 2009 @ 16:06)

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