So what's the current Two stroke oil favorite for

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Here you go bud. Redmax EBZ8000 piston used professional for 7 seasons. I then used it on a regular basis for fall clean up, blow snow and for burning brush. Many times it ran all day long burning stump piles. Many hundreds of hours.
Should be noted this is a strato engine, runs hot and lean and I ran it hard. The motor got very hot while burning stumps and brush.
It ran perfect until I dropped a stump on it with an excavator while burning stumps.
 
Whats the exhaust port look like?
You cut wood for a living?
I logged for years, cut firewood for years too, and not just 10 cord a year. Now I cut a small amount of firewood and on occasion do some TSI work, land clearing ,etc. Anymore I make more money working overtime at the oil refinery I work for than doing side work. As a result I am pretty choosey on what I get involved in.
The exhaust port looked much better than yours with much more hours. No longer have the cylinder as it was trash after being crushed
 
There low end two cycle oil they carry is API TC mineral and states it is ashless.
But this is not from the data sheet in store it has sulfated ash content of .04 - .08
TC wouldnt be ashless, but regardless this oil doesn't pass any standards so you have no way of knowing what is in t it or if it meets minimal quality levels.
 
I got twenty year old lawn boy oil i have used and it works just fine. If oil can set in the ground for 65 million years then 20 years in a sealed can is not going to be a problem.
That was my rationale as well.
First I have heard 2 cycle oil goes bad on the shelf...

Pretty much all of it.
Went of the rails as soon as polymers where brought up. Those polymers are in multi weight automotive oils as viscosity improves and are not present in two cycle oils.
So does 2 cycle oil have a shelf life?
I cant find a date stamp on anything I have.
 

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