The nature of our work means that some contracts require these bits of equipment, but others don't, meaning that the equipment often sits idle for periods of time. It is after these periods of inactivity that we have found engines not starting or poor engine performance.
We have always used standard unleaded petrol, mixed with 2-stroke oil for this equipment, which we believe might be where the problems occur. When sitting idle, any fuel left in the equipment evaporates over time, leaving behind its constituent 2-stroke oil as a sticky residue. This blocks fuel lines and clogs up spark plugs, causing the problems we have experienced. Ordinary petrol also contains hundreds of different substances including unsaturated hydrocarbons that can cause of build up of residues in engines and carburettors. It is also these hydrocarbons, sulphur and olefins, along with substances such as benzene, present in ordinary petrol that can have some serious health & environmental consequences.
Aspen fuel, a type of Alkylate fuel is produced synthetically from the clean gasses released during the refining of crude oil. As there are already fewer impurities at source, alkylate fuel is a very clean fuel which only consists of around ten substances without the hazardous components such as benzene, aromatic hydrocarbons, sulphur & olefins.
Alkylate fuel runs cleaner, leaving fewer engine deposits and produces far fewer toxic exhaust emissions, this is both beneficial to the health of the operator and the environment, and will hopefully reduce our equipment repair costs.
Aspen fuel is available in the following formats:
- Aspen 2 - for 2 stroke equipment such as chainsaws, brushcutters etc.
- Aspen 4 - for 4 stroke equipment such as lawnmowers, rotavators, boat engines etc.
For further information about Aspen alkylate petrol visit Anglo American Oil Company ltd at their website: www.aaoil.co.uk/environment
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