No ones saying that’s all you should run, but if all I have is premix and the grass needs mowing, in it goes! Next time you fill up with regular, never had a problem.
So ya put bar oil in the gas tank and gas in the bar oil tank
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I found out years ago that one of the best ways to avoid this oil-fuel swap syndrome was to first make sure that the bar oil tank was filled and then fill the fuel tank second. That way you don't run the saw without the bar oil.
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I prefer to fill both tanks, leave the caps off then pick Saw up to start. Then you can clearly see the correct fluid gushing out of the tanks. Only tried that once. Never pays to be in a hurry.
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Sometimes fogging the yard with a extra oil mix does kill the skeeters? Lol
Just feather your trigger finger. What cc saw is better for this I’m not sure. Depends on the bar length and how big the skeeters are. Lmao.
Just feather your trigger finger. What cc saw is better for this I’m not sure. Depends on the bar length and how big the skeeters are. Lmao.
I get at least 5 saws like that a year - "damn thing won't start". The worst ones are those where the owner uses paint thinner mixed with old engine oil and kerosene for bar oil 
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Lmao that’s quite funny haha
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Skin is really sensitive down there, I usually brush my teeth in the shower, so one time many years ago some tooth paste fell on my ding a line and hoooo boy lmao
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Same here. Push mower and zero turn get the remains of two-stroke Gas that has been sitting too long[emoji1787]
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Not yet. But...
It’s just like with Black Powder Rifles. There are those who have dry balled, and those who haven’t yet... LOL
(Dry Balling is where you forgot to put powder in before you loaded the ball.)
It’s just like with Black Powder Rifles. There are those who have dry balled, and those who haven’t yet... LOL
(Dry Balling is where you forgot to put powder in before you loaded the ball.)
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Because my chainsaw also has a carburetor air filter and spark plug and nastiness doesn’t seem to need cleaned often from the two-stroke mix.
Then putting mix gas in small engines for longer more than 10 years.
Carbs have been opened just to check out. No “nastiness” in any of them. Actually they’re extremely clean.
A handful of my good buddies I have also been doing it way longer than I have and have never seen these problems.
But I’m not doing Straight mixed gas. At the most a quarter to 1/2 of a tank gets mixed gas the rest is straight gas
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Yeah, brand new saw. The fuel and bar were opposite of my older saw. Filled it up, started it, ran great for a few seconds. Cranked, cranked and then looked at the caps. Crap. Dumped them out and refueled, cranked and cranked, finally started. Couldn't see the tree for a minute or two, but it smoothed out and has been fine for 15 years. I make my mix in a clear/white five gallon jug, so I can see at a glance if I mixed it or not. I get all my fuel on Thursdays because I have one lawn that has to be mowed after noon when the clinic closes.They are right round the corner from a Royal Farms. With my 10 cent discount, and they are 20 cents cheaper than anyone else, I save a lot of money buying all my fuel there. So, on Wednesday, if my mix jug is down to about a gallon, it goes in the John Deere 265. If I run out of straight gas at home, I'll fill the 265 up with mix. Been doing that since I bought it in 1990, never an issue.
I buy a lot of old saws at auctions. My buddy wanted to get a saw for his son. He saw what looked like a brand new Homelite in case with papers and tools. He asked if he should get it? He pulled it over and said it felt like good comp, but others had tried to start it and not so much as a pop. I took the fuel cap off and said buy it. He kept asking me what I saw and how did I know it was OK. He got it for $30, then asked how I knew it was OK. I said the chain is factory sharp, which no homeowner saw is, there are no chips or saw dust on it anywhere, showing to me it never made a cut. He said, well maybe they cleaned it up good? Then I laughed and said, Oh, and he filled the fuel tank with bar oil. He flushed it with mix and got it running. Still runs good, for a box store saw. The Tuesday Auction starts in 2 hours, gotta get ready.
I buy a lot of old saws at auctions. My buddy wanted to get a saw for his son. He saw what looked like a brand new Homelite in case with papers and tools. He asked if he should get it? He pulled it over and said it felt like good comp, but others had tried to start it and not so much as a pop. I took the fuel cap off and said buy it. He kept asking me what I saw and how did I know it was OK. He got it for $30, then asked how I knew it was OK. I said the chain is factory sharp, which no homeowner saw is, there are no chips or saw dust on it anywhere, showing to me it never made a cut. He said, well maybe they cleaned it up good? Then I laughed and said, Oh, and he filled the fuel tank with bar oil. He flushed it with mix and got it running. Still runs good, for a box store saw. The Tuesday Auction starts in 2 hours, gotta get ready.
Did it once years ago. I was rushing and put bar oil in the fuel tank on a 346XP. Fortunately, I realized what I did when I went to screw on the fuel cap.
My solution: I dumped the oil out, rinsed the fuel tank twice with some 2-cycle fuel, and it started right up. It smoked a little but then cleared up rather quickly.
My solution: I dumped the oil out, rinsed the fuel tank twice with some 2-cycle fuel, and it started right up. It smoked a little but then cleared up rather quickly.
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I put diesel in the Chonda that powers the 30ft wood conveyor my buddy uses.
Had the gas can right by the conveyor, I didn't even think twice.
He mentions it later on that I'd probably need to go get gas, he was out and the conveyor engine was almost empty.
"Whaddaya mean, there was a nearly full can right by it!"
For a good 2 years after my bad lung infection I had almost no smell. Even later when checking, I couldn't smell that it wasn't gas.
I had someone steal a gas can. It was just an old can I kept by my burn barrel/hobo heater. Pour a few glug glugs over the scraps in the drum and light.
Was full of used oils/fuel/whatever from our waste oil tank. Haha.
Had the gas can right by the conveyor, I didn't even think twice.
He mentions it later on that I'd probably need to go get gas, he was out and the conveyor engine was almost empty.
"Whaddaya mean, there was a nearly full can right by it!"
For a good 2 years after my bad lung infection I had almost no smell. Even later when checking, I couldn't smell that it wasn't gas.
I had someone steal a gas can. It was just an old can I kept by my burn barrel/hobo heater. Pour a few glug glugs over the scraps in the drum and light.
Was full of used oils/fuel/whatever from our waste oil tank. Haha.
Back in high school living at home, my mom needed to borrow my truck (Cummins Ram) for something and she put 30 gallons of unleaded in it. She drove it about 10 miles and called to tell me it wasn’t running right. The biggest pain was trying to figure out where to put the 30 gallons of unleaded I had to syphon out. Changed fuel filter and filled it with diesel, ran just fine.
My little Echo is backward gas in front oil back so let's just say I've played this game once or twice before.
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More than once makes this HILARIOUS!
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I bet on the second time you were sooooo pissed[emoji23][emoji23][emoji23]
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When I told my buddy that ran the small engine shop what I had done, he said, just remember where the carb is. If the carb is in the front of the saw, the tank will be in the front, vice versa. Don't know if that's always true, but it doesn't matter. I never think, now where is the carb?
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The carb on my leaf blower is on the top but the gas tank is on the bottom[emoji3166]
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Problem is that I use this as a backup to the backup.
First time I topped everything off and about the time I cinched down the caps the "dumb @$$" alarm went off in the back of my head. Dump them out and start over. Most bar oil is SAE 30 so a little residue isn't going to hurt a bit.
Years later the alarm went off sooner. I got 1 little of gurgle of gas in the oil and it hit me..... series of profane mumbles. It was super cold out anyway so I just stopped it with oil and rocked on.
I should really use that little fella more. It cuts like a rabid beaver.
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