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Old 5th Mar 2024, 20:22
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GeeRam
 
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Originally Posted by DHfan
Yes, it's a particular grade of AeroShell, which Shell will make, but understandably there's a minimum order of about a grillion* gallons.

It seems that in theory a specified substitute is suitable, but not necessarily in practice.
Yep.
There's a rumour that the last batch of it left was sitting in one of the storage tanks that went up with the Buncefield oil terminal explosion......but I suspect there's no truth in that though.

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