camel2019
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Can you mix the canned 4 cycle fuel(tru fuel etc) to come up with your own ratio.
Mixing canned fuel
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Why not. Sure you can.
camel2019
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Wish tru fuel had a 32 to 1 can but I can’t run their stuff long anyway bc of the synthetic oil in it gives me headaches.
?? Synthetic oil in the fuel gives you headaches? You sure it’s due to the synthetic 2 cycle mix oil? Your body can tell if the oil is a synthetic vs regular Dino oil? Damn. You could try the non-pre mixed variety and use your own oil.
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camel2019
ArboristSite Guru
Certain smells does it same with lavender and a few others and for some reason synthetic 2 stroke oil burning does it. Love the smell of Dino oil though.
Ratio - Rite measuring cup is by far the easiest and foolproof way to mix most any two stoke fuel ratio mixtures
camel2019
ArboristSite Guru
I do 32 to 1 used to have a syringe with the proper markings to draw oil out of the jug but think the dog got a hole of it I just found a clear ketchup type bottle at the filler store that has markings in ML
camel2019
ArboristSite Guru
I mainly run the canned stuff when putting the 2 smoke equipment up for a long period. But for some of the saws I will be running once and a while at engines shows and such I don’t want to use pump gas at all.
I run 32-1 too. You can mix 2 stroke oil with any straight gas with no problem. I say go for it or find a gas station with non-ethanol fuel.
camel2019
ArboristSite Guru
Our Costco premium is supposed to be ethanol free but idk if I 100% trust it. Works ok in my daily use stuff like my kombi tool and normal use saws.
camel2019
ArboristSite Guru
My kombi tool has run that fuel as well as premium from other stations and no issues as of yet but I have only run Costco fuel in my vintage saws. I was mixing 2 different mixes but now that this is the last year of kombi tools warranty so I’m going to gut the muffler and I now have the screwdriver to tune it so it will get 32 to 1 too.
camel2019
ArboristSite Guru
Briggs has a test vial that you fill up with water to a line the fill the rest with gas and it will tell you how much ethanol is in the fuel.
Yes that would be the best way to check for ethanol content. What I said earlier was not correct. Trying to remember things from the top of my head are not always correct so a I double checked myself.
My choice 
camel2019
ArboristSite Guru
Don’t think we have them locally only VP dad uses c16 in his drag car but it’s about $250 for a 5gal can. I think VP c10 or c9 is about 95 octane.
About 11 dollars a gallon it’s shelf life is very long
camel2019
ArboristSite Guru
Here it’s about $30 to $50 a gallon
Yea that’s pretty high for sure
If you have a gas station that advertises ethanol free fuel then I would be willing to bet that it is and that someone else has probably checked it.
camel2019
ArboristSite Guru
Nobody advertises it here I have to go by what pure gas.org says and hope for the best.
