Posted by Mark on May 20, 2009 at 06:24:04 from (75.90.232.158):
In Reply to: 2-cycle oil posted by Dellbertt on May 20, 2009 at 05:25:40:
You know the rectal retentive types will jump all over this with their CORRECT answers and the science to prove it...but for what it"s worth, I have used standard 2 cycle oil...pick any brand..Pennzoil, Q-State, Valvoline, as nauseum, for the last 30 years in my Lawnboy mowers..yep, have had a total of two and the first one was running fine when I gave it away 15 years ago. My 5 horse outboard is a 1952 model....runs great and so has the army of weedeaters I have owned. The engines never go bad....the rest of them fall apart. I have two Stihl chainsaws...the 028 was bought in 1982 and the 017 is 3 years old.
I run one mix for everything 32:1. Stihl calls for 40:1...well the others call for 32:1 and so, that is what I mix and feed to whatever I need to use.
You"ll get this spiel about low ash, no ash and so forth. That"s probably good advice.....but every brand of 2 cycle oil I have ever bought says low ash on the bottle.
My dad had a Power Products 18" lawnmower when I was a kid....45 years or so ago. He mixed 30 wt. motor oil in his gas and mowed away. It probably did foul the plug quicker than a regular 2 cycle oil would.
The old time 2 cycle racers will tell you to use pure Castor oil. The modern techno nerds will claim it has to be Purple oil. The plain nerds will say you have to buy oil with the machines brand name on it, to never waver from the WHAT THE BOOKS SAYS, because after all, they (the maker) knows best and then you have people like me...that figures none of the manufacturers own an oil refinery and one of the industry giants is making it for them.
I"ve never had any catastrophic engine failures.....of any kind, whether 2 cycle or 4 cycle. I"ve used every brand of oil commonly sold......evidently it all works!
You know.......99% of all this oil malarky just requires a little common sense. I doubt there is any such thing as a bad oil on the market. All of it meets certain specs to cover a spectrum of engine applications. The rest is advertising BS that marketers know people will buy into. It makes them lots of money in the process.
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