What ratio do they recommend for snake oil?
Super funny given Stihl oil is garbage.
Up here their Dino oil is just Castrol in a different bottle.
I’m not gonna run a flying machine with unicorn milk Looks like it would make me die lol
When I measure the oil in the ratio rite cup I add some gas to dilute it then dump in in the already full plastic gas can then shake well then shake before every use.
The company my buddy works for now runs all 2 stroke mix for all their small stuff bc too many times their 2 strokes have been straight gassed. only issue now is once every couple years a new guy will pour gas into a tractor or bobcat.
Are you saying they are running mixed gas in a conventional gasoline 4 stroke motor???????? If so they better watch out as according to some that will lead to HUGE problems...... Not to mention all the pollution that extra oil puts into the environment, wait a minute better use the right term atmosphere..... Now all joking aside doing that way not be the best choice for some of the newest equipment but if it works for them sobeit. I will say it would get very expensive for me to do that.
Cheaper then replacing saws and brush cutters and adds a litttle lube to the valves in old flathead 4 stroke stuff. Heck I had a bottle of that multi purpose 2 stroke oil that you see and I didn’t trust anymore(mainly bc it said for use in both air cooled equipment and water cooled outboard) I dumped the whole bottle into the tank of my truck(34 gal) that truck didn’t seem to mind right now it’s burning/blowing out oil anyway.
When leaded gas was discontinued many years ago there was a huge panic and rush to figure out an alternative. My father was adamant about making sure the 300 gallon gas tanks had plenty of FS lead substitute in them. Too bad he was not as adamant about Power Service in the diesel. Lots of "early cold" gelling. I guess lead substitute is still available but I have not bought it. I am at the point now where everything is diesel or newer than 1986 or whenever it changed
I run two cycle gas around 60-70 ish to one in all my small engines. Seems to help carb issues
I ran a large fishing lodge in Canada. We had one bulk tank for fuel on the property. It was mixed by me. Every engine on the place ran mixed fuel. Including several kawasaki mules a pair of Yamaha rhinos, two chevy trucks. We also had three oil injected to stroke outboards. They got mixed gas and oil through the injectors.
That sounds like a reasonable approach. Nowadays my main task is stroking my chin and pointing my finger. I use more canned fuel than regular mix.
Anytime you want to sell the 200T PM me.
My old buddy used to run ATF because he was poor in his Hoodaka Combat Wombat dirt bike. Didnt blow up.
I did not say I disagreed. It works for them and that is what matters. I am a one man operation so blame is simple to assign when mistakes are made. Have I straight gassed a saw ? Yep, a 371. I know in actuality you are talking about a rather small amount of fuel consumed in the 4 strokes. Now I will give an example that is not practical but heck funny to think about. When spring/summer arrives i will be going through a lot more fuel. It would not be uncommon to burn 80-100 gallons of gas on some days. Now that is NOT in small equipment such as a L-Head which is what i think you are talking about. Once again I know you are not talking about using mixed gas in big engines but just think about this. Over the years I have had 3 chuck n duck chippers. One Asplundh 12" with a Ford 300 6cyl, one Asplundh 16" with a Ford 330 V8, and another 16" with a Ford 330 V8. Think about the fuel those girls would go through in a day. Those folks that used to use them could tell you. I cannot as I barely used them.
I used to have a Polaris Scrambler 250 3 wheeler that was oil injected. I never trusted oil injection so it always got mixed fuel. My two uncles spent their entire lives working at a marina on the Mississippi river. The oldest ran the gas dock/pumps. Obviously the vast majority of the fuel sold was straight gas but they had a mixed pump too. Personally I would question buying it but folks did. Anyone who ran in pool 16 of teh Mississippi knew my uncle Virgil. he was hard to miss at 4 by 6. Four feet tall and 6 ft DBH.
