I know there are a million posts arguing about oil but there's one thing I can't find any real information on. What oil to use when running unleaded fuels.
I have been hearing more about the benefits of running UL94 and am planning to make the switch, besides the fact that the FAA is planning on switching us over to unleaded fuel sometime this year anyway. I was happy to see Lycoming's service instruction 1070 until I read that it makes the use of LW-16702 oil additive "MANDATORY" when running unleaded fuels. I have been happily running Phillips X/C 20W50 with camguard. I chose this oil combination due to inactivity during the winter months and due to the reports of seal degradation from the LW-16702 additive that is found in some other oils.
Now the most concerning thing about this to me is that not only will I be forced to use an additive that I'd rather not use in order to burn UL94 but also the fact that Lycoming will essentially force us all to use this additive after we're all switched over to unleaded fuels. I'm not convinced of the benefits of the additive and the exorbitant cost doesn't help much either.
I have been hearing more about the benefits of running UL94 and am planning to make the switch, besides the fact that the FAA is planning on switching us over to unleaded fuel sometime this year anyway. I was happy to see Lycoming's service instruction 1070 until I read that it makes the use of LW-16702 oil additive "MANDATORY" when running unleaded fuels. I have been happily running Phillips X/C 20W50 with camguard. I chose this oil combination due to inactivity during the winter months and due to the reports of seal degradation from the LW-16702 additive that is found in some other oils.
Now the most concerning thing about this to me is that not only will I be forced to use an additive that I'd rather not use in order to burn UL94 but also the fact that Lycoming will essentially force us all to use this additive after we're all switched over to unleaded fuels. I'm not convinced of the benefits of the additive and the exorbitant cost doesn't help much either.