Mixed gas with a red tiint

[MechanicMatt]

I hate the echo green crap, I like the BLUE. All companies should stick with BLUE BLUE BLUE

 

[o8f150]

I hate the echo green crap, I like the BLUE. All companies should stick with BLUE BLUE BLUE

they make some good meds for that blue feeling:biggrin::biggrin:

 

[MechanicMatt]

they make some good meds for that blue feeling:biggrin::biggrin:

Yeah, ICE COLD COORS LIGHT

 

[c5rulz]

Yeah, ICE COLD COORS LIGHT

Coors light is made for those that like to P@@ a lot.:rolleyes2:

 

[sps3172]

FWIW, I recently bought a gallon jug of the 'orange' Stihl pre-mix, expecting that same black/blue/green color that I'd been seeing for years.

Imagine my surprise when I mixed up my first batch and the 'Klotz look-a-like' red oil came out of the bottle. I called Stihl to see if I may have gotten a bottle that was mis-packaged and Stihl confirmed a semi-recent color change for that oil. What was interesting was this....

....the tech rep on the phone mentioned that Stihl was considering a switch back to the old color as there was a lot of complaining about the new color.

 

[oneoldbanjo]

I use Maxima K2 in my mix and it has no color.

I found that the oil based dye they use for candles tints the fuel just fine......and I chose blue! It takes about 10 drops to tint a gallon.

 

[Liveliner]

Just to clarify things for Ramrod48. I am not wrong about what went into my Stihl MS200T. I saw the dealer use Tru Fuel 50.
It is a premix of gas and oil 50-1 ratio that does not contain ethanol and has a red tint. I just offered that up as a suggestion to the original poster concerning a red tint in his fuel. Its a bit pricey but doesn't contain ethanol and that works for me.

Gary in CT

 

[c5rulz]

....the tech rep on the phone mentioned that Stihl was considering a switch back to the old color as there was a lot of complaining about the new color.

Hmmmm....... Wonder why they don't reconsider "flippy caps" is there has been complaining".




Here is the response I got from Stihl when I contacted them about "flippy caps".


Name and e-mail address redacted to protect the obnoxious:msp_biggrin:





to bob.myers



show details 12/20/11 (13 days ago)








Good afternoon Bob,



Thanks for your response.



I frequent an internet forum for chainsaw afficniados called called Arborsite.com.



There are several current threads right now discussing the Stihl flippy caps. Threre are hundreds of views and quite a few comments, you might want to take a look.



http://www.arboristsite.com/chainsaw/188175.htm





This one has 1010 views and has a poll regarding peoples preference.

http://www.arboristsite.com/chainsaw/187928.htm





This poll back to 2009 and has had 9766 views.



http://www.arboristsite.com/chainsaw/117054.htm







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Comments: I have owned a Stihl 028 Super chainsaw and Stihl straight
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I have recently bought 2 new chainsaws recently, a Makita 6401 and
Husqvarna 346Xp. I wouldn't even consider a Stihl because I detest the
"flippy caps" so much. In my opinion the flippy caps were a solution to
a problem that wouldn't exhist.

Can you make your pro line saws without this worthless feature? As long
as you continue with these caps, I will not consider a Stihl.

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[Trx250r180]

Yep, I got some orange bottle that was red the other day, But all the ultra Ive had is still green. Is the ultra changing to red too?

my dealer told me other day the ultra in grey cans is soposed to be changing to a purple color


red dye hmm wonder how many saws are gonna and up with red off road diesel in them by mistake now