ACTIVITY GUIDE

SUBJECT CODE AMT 213 (online class) WEEK NUMBER 5

SUBJECT TITLE Aircraft Fuels & Lubrication Systems
CHAPTER TOPIC Types of Aviation Fuel
DATE GIVEN 12 September 2022 DEADLINE 12 Sep. 2022 (10:00 am) INSTRUCTOR Mr. E. Aserios

ACTIVITY 3
Kinds of Aviation Gasoline (AVGAS)

Read the Aviation Maintenance Technician Handbook – Airframe Volume 2, Chapter 14, pages 14-6 to 14-8.

Perform the following task;

1. How is the resistance to detonation of fuels being described?

2. Name the mixture of two (2) hydrocarbons and their corresponding chemical symbol that are
used on fuels to have a greater resistance to detonation.

3. What is the hydrocarbon mixture that would give a higher resistance to detonation?

4. What does it mean when a fuel is said to have the same critical pressure as a reference mixture
of the two hydrocarbons?

5. Give the percentage mixture of the two hydrocarbons that has the same resistance to
detonation as the fuel with an octane rating 80-octane.

6. What is the purpose of adding Tetraethyl lead (TEL) to the fuel?

7. Why is there a need to have an additional additive such as ethylene dibromide and tricresyl
phosphate if TEL is added to fuel?

8. What does the first and second number mean in the performance number of a fuel?

9. How can you tell level of resistance to detonation on a performance number of a fuel?

10. What does 100LL AVGAS signifies?

11. Name the corresponding AVGAS fuel by its dye colors; green, red, purple,

12. What does a color change or an unrecognizable AVGAS fuel color means and action a technician
should make?

13. Show the table that illustrates examples of color-coded fuel labeling.

14. What most often compromises the purity of AVGAS, what effect does it have on the fuel system,
and how can this be addressed?

Submit your completed task to your instructor’s e-mail (maserios26@yahoo.com) not later than the
specified deadline.

Use the format for e-mail subject: AMT 213 – Activity No. 3.

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