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<blockquote data-quote="GASoline71" data-source="post: 1124571" data-attributes="member: 6988"><p>The old way of thinking with oil is just ingrained in some of you waaaayyyyyy too deep.</p><p></p><p>Modern 2 cycle oils mixed at 40:1 or 501:1 will be just fine. My old Homelites see a lot of use on 50:1 Stihl synthetic, and they perform flawlessly... If I was mixing plain old 30wt motor oil, like the old saws used to run... I would prolly still run them at 16:1 or 25:1.</p><p></p><p>Gary</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="GASoline71, post: 1124571, member: 6988"] The old way of thinking with oil is just ingrained in some of you waaaayyyyyy too deep. Modern 2 cycle oils mixed at 40:1 or 501:1 will be just fine. My old Homelites see a lot of use on 50:1 Stihl synthetic, and they perform flawlessly... If I was mixing plain old 30wt motor oil, like the old saws used to run... I would prolly still run them at 16:1 or 25:1. Gary [/QUOTE]
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