Posted by LenNH on May 23, 2009 at 14:58:43 from (71.235.191.159):
In Reply to: 2-cycle oil posted by Dellbertt on May 20, 2009 at 05:25:40:
I'll add a note to the "mix" (talking about notes, not oil and gas). I froze up a Stihl chainsaw engine in about a minute after I followed a neighbor's advice and bought some "hardware store" 2-cycle oil. I mixed it 50:1, as the Stihl manual said. If I had mixed it at 25:1, I expect it would have been all right. I don"t know why the Stihl oil works at 50:1, but it does. Maybe it has some synthetic in it? Anyway, I use a gallon of gas all summer in a trimmer, so I figure the little bottle of Stihl oil is a H of a lot cheaper than the $100 it cost me to have my chain saw fixed (if I divide that $100 by the number of years I have used the chain saw since getting it fixed, I figure I can have about 40 summers worth of Stihl 2-cycle oil). As a matter of fact, I always mix just a little heavier on the oil, about 45:1. At the gas station, I pump 0.9 gallons, then pour in the little bottle of oil made for 1 gallon of gas. Did a little arithmetic on that one and came up with the 0.9 gallons to make 45:1. Starts good, doesn't seem to foul plugs, etc. Have used this mix in 2 Stihl chain saws, a Stihl tiller and a Stihl trimmer, all without problems. My 2-cents worth, for what it's worth. Guess I'm saying that the peace-of-mind of worth the extra price for the oil.
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