20% HELI FUEL..IS IT OK 2 USE?

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20% HELI FUEL..IS IT OK 2 USE?

Postby MR BUG CRUSHER » Thu Feb 04, 2010 10:58 am

I GOT A LOAD OF 20% NITRO HELI FUEL OFF A GUY FOR MY 1/10 NITRO TRUCK & I WAS WONDERING IF THERE IS ANY DIFFERENCE BETWEEN HELI FUEL AND CAR FUEL...THE REASON I ASK IS BECAUSE IT SEEMS TO RUN A BIT ODD...FOR INSTANCE THE IDLE SPEED GOES WAY UP AFTER IT HAS BEEN ON FULL THROTTLE FOR A SECOND OR 2 & IT CUTS OUT MORE THAN I WOULD LIKE..IVE USED 16% & 25% CAR FUEL WHICH DIDNT HAVE THAT PROBLEM.
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Re: 20% HELI FUEL..IS IT OK 2 USE?

Postby Luke » Thu Feb 04, 2010 1:57 pm

Hello,

I would not advise the use of Heli fuel in cars. This is because the chemical construction of it defers from Car fuel one of which been a lower oil content, this could lead to damaging your engine.

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Re: 20% HELI FUEL..IS IT OK 2 USE?

Postby MR BUG CRUSHER » Thu Feb 04, 2010 1:59 pm

ARE U SURE..BECAUSE I HAVE 4 GALLONS OF IT...LOL...AWW WELL GUESS I'LL TRY AND UNLOAD IT ON SOME1 ELSE
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Re: 20% HELI FUEL..IS IT OK 2 USE?

Postby Luke » Sat Feb 06, 2010 2:04 pm

I'm positive... you will never be able to tune a car engine on heli fuel.
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Re: 20% HELI FUEL..IS IT OK 2 USE?

Postby John » Fri Mar 12, 2010 8:13 pm

I used heli fuel in a monster truck before and could never keep the engine cool. It would overheat, stall and I could never tune it right.
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Re: 20% HELI FUEL..IS IT OK 2 USE?

Postby Luke » Sat Mar 13, 2010 3:45 pm

Yeah its due to the low oil content in heli fuel ;) they got more air cooling
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Re: 20% HELI FUEL..IS IT OK 2 USE?

Postby kartstuffer » Thu Apr 15, 2010 2:58 pm

I think it depends on your Heli fuel .
I have a 1/8th nitro buggy which will only run cleanly on 15% Cool power heli fuel. I can`t get it to run on car fuel ?
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Re: 20% HELI FUEL..IS IT OK 2 USE?

Postby Luke » Thu Apr 15, 2010 3:04 pm

Really depends on the engine. If your engine is tuned properly it will run correctly on car fuel. For buggies Merlin have a buggy fuel also.
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