ummm aviation fuel is the same as regular gas except higher octane like race fuel the engine wouldn't blow up the pistons may chip but it would still run even if you threw a rod

To someone who may not know much about cars, he may have thought it exploded.

ummm.... if you put airplane fuel in a car it wont blow up... it just flies away

To your information, many model air planes fly on methanol, which is more ore less pure alcohol! it will damage the car. My dad has a plane with a 5cc model air plane engine, it runs on methanol and puts out about ½ HP, imagine then what it would do to a normal car!

Small aircraft fuel (100LL) is simply leaded gas with a higher octane rating. A car will run fine on it. The effective octane of 100LL using the automobile octane rating is something like 115. Way back when, I filled up my gas tank with aviation fuel a few times to go racing. The most notable effect was that the engine ran amazingly smooth. On my car, with moderate performance modifications, I had to check my tach to make sure the engine was running. Aviation fuel is leaded gas, so it will damage some things, such as the O2 sensor and catalytic converters. That's the only reason not to use it. Even if you damage both, the car will continue to run and drive, it just won't be running perfectly for emissions, because the computer won't be able to sense how much fuel is going out the exhaust (the purpose of the O2 sensor), and the catalytic converter won't clean up the exhaust as well. I've known people in a whole variety of cars that used it, as well as motorcycles and other gasoline powered equipment. Now, if that was Jet-A fuel, it would likely be a different story. I don't know how many people would have Jet-A at home, nor how many would call their grandfather's jet a "small plane". Hey, if you can say "Oh Grandpa has a small plane. It's a Gulfstream G650", I want to go hang out with Grandpa for a while. :) Some people mentioned it may be fuel for RC airplanes. Did he have a 5 gallon can of that stuff laying around?? That'd be enough to last an RC person a lifetime. :)

Holy shit really? I'm going to put airplane gas in my lawnmower and tear some ass

I can see your lawmower roaring to life then just say F**K YOU! and zoom away she goes

you're an idiot... avgas is blue and smells completely different how couldn't you tell

Note to self...

i gave you a thumbs up. because the way you commanded us was pretty cool. anyways, not sure how much i believe this. it happened in csi, and the whole car blew up..

yes, because everything you see on tv is real.

damn straight everything on TV is real

i gave thumbs upp too

little cessnas can start till 15k

Many of the FMLs are fake. I personally don't give a shit anymore. Just enjoy the stories.

Yeah, he would have noticed that the gas smelled different.

OP's engine blew up, not their car. That isn't newsworthy, nor is it usually fatal. You should either learn to read or learn a thing or two about cars. Anyways, that sucks OP. That is why I keep a gas can in my car. I hope you got a new car!

thank you! couldn't have said it better myself! stop calling fake! just enjoy the laugh

Higher octane does not give higher power. Higher octane gives higher resistance to knock, which means it can be used in higher-performance engines. Putting high-octane fuel in an engine made for regular-octane fuel doesn't do anything except waste money.

if you use lower octain fuel, it doesn't last as long, you jack ass