50:1 or 32:1 mixture

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Fish

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Sorry, my thought processes were under the control of the Miller brewing
company at the time.

This thread contained some interesting reading, since the oil/heat topic popped up again, and again.
 
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If you have an AMSOIL dealer somewhere close you can pick up some of there 100:1 pre-mix. I have been running that for at least 8-9 years in everything 2-stroke that i have with absolutely no problems. Some people gasp at the 100:1 mix but AMSOIL has there stuff together on this one. I go through 30-40 gallons of mix gas a year with all my stuff (boat, snowmobile, chainsaws, trimmers, lawn mower's). I had an ancient old Lawnboy that my grandpa gave me 12 years ago and it finally bit the dust (broke the crank by the blade hub). When i switched everything over to the AMSOIL that thing ran like it got an instant attitude adjustment, no smoke, the plug looked like i put it in a few hrs ago and it was at least 12+ years old. Its all i use but thats just my 2 cents.
 
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You ####ers go ahead and believe that California is LA, SF and desert. Sure enough, we have our problems, however, there is the rest of the state. Do us a favor, visit LA, leave the rest of it to us.

I run 40 to 1 synth with 89 octane real gasoline in all my old saws, even the 1954 SilverKing likes it, the Macs love it. I do miss the smell of the old stuff though.
 
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You ####ers go ahead and believe that California is LA, SF and desert. Sure enough, we have our problems, however, there is the rest of the state. Do us a favor, visit LA, leave the rest of it to us.

I run 40 to 1 synth with 89 octane real gasoline in all my old saws, even the 1954 SilverKing likes it, the Macs love it. I do miss the smell of the old stuff though.

I agree with RandyMac on the ratio!!!, But not his choice of saw brands! LOL!
090's 090G's Contra's of all shapes love 40-1 (sometimes 35-1 when I am lazy)
To young to know the smell of the old stuff!!!!
 
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To young to know the smell of the old stuff!!!!

I found a half-bottle of some generic "chainsaw oil" in a junk box this winter. I don't know how old it was, or who really made it (bottled for Farwell, Ozmun and Kirk...OK hardware store chain) but it had that old-time smell in the Techumseh on my ice auger.

I miss that smell, and the blue smoke that just "hangs". But I fouled the plug on the second tank of fuel in the auger; havent put a new on in for years of modern oil usage.

I bought a bottle of Klotz R50 a while ago to enjoy the smell. Not quite the same as years ago; a little like a cheap musk perfume on a bar-ho. Plus I didn't like paying$13 a quart for mix oil. Neighbor's kid has some grape-scented stuff to mix in the fuel for his MX bike. It shouldn't be hard for an enterprising chemist to synthesize that old-time scent for us
 
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I'm not an amsoil dealer i just got turned onto the stuff a while back with my snowmobile and saw how good it worked out on that so i switched over everything else. I have a Dolmar 5100S that i bought new 3 years ago and its never had anything else in it from new (except for the first tank that was in there already) and it runs awesome. I dont have any pictures of the cylinder because i haven't had to do any work to it. I did adjust it down a bit tho. I have it running right around 13,800 - 14,000 rpm instead of 14,500. I heat my home with wood and usually cut 30+ face cord a year (for myself and a needy family that i give wood to). Its the only saw i have and she has many hrs on her and still hasnt skipped a beat. I know i have read stories on the AMSOIL about people having problems but as for me I love it and won't switch back. Its so nice having one gas can and one bottle of oil not to mention that since I started running it I noticed that i drastically cut back on maintenance. Like i said, I don't make a dime if someone buys it or not. I'm just telling people what i know and whats worked great for me.
 
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Here is a pic of a sled motor with more than a few thousand miles on it at 32:1. Pretty clean, eh?
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Was this MX2T? BTW, this is one of the best, if not THE best oil thread I've read on here. It's a must read.
 
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