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Blue9R
Location: Illinois
Joined: Dec 20, 2003
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Re: 2 Cycle Oil - Ratio and Brand
Reply #2 Mar 24, 2005 12:03 pm |
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Marshall has a good recommendation - the Echo synthetic blend 2 cycle oil is blended & packaged for Echo by Citgo. I ran this oil in chainsaws over the last couple of months and it is a good, low smoke mix.
As far as mix ratio’s, many people desire additional protection and run the 50:1 mix a little heavy at 2.56 oz to .9 gallons of gas. This works out to a 45:1 mix ratio. No problems at all with today’s ISO-LEGD/JASO FC rated oils.
When I run one of older 70’s/80’s era Homelite chainsaws from my collection, I fill the saw with this 45:1 mix & add an additional .1 oz of oil with an eye dropper directly to the saw’s gas tank & then shake it good before use.
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18Degrees
Joined: Jan 19, 2005
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Re: 2 Cycle Oil - Ratio and Brand
Reply #4 Mar 24, 2005 5:46 pm |
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I use this Mixmizer http://www.autobarn.net/mix2cycfuelm.html I got it at Walmart. It is great! Take an empty 1 Quart oil container to mix up two tanks of fuel for chian saw or leaf blower and inject the proper amount of 2cycle oil by reading the scale on the side of it. 50:1 32:1 100:1 40:1 and others too! OR there is also another scale for 1 pint ( ½ quart) mixing which is just right for one tankfull of mix in a chian saw(50:1) or leaf blower(32:1). Doing this makes one little 2.6 oz container for oil last a long time for little jobs. I just grab fresh gas,oil container, oil, and Mixmizer and shake up a fresh pint-then dump what i don't use into the car's gas tank when I'm done. So easy to use that I don"t try and guess if I am going to use these tools within a week or dump the gas-----just dump it and keep the tools empty. 18 degrees
This message was modified Mar 28, 2005 by 18Degrees
18 Degree driveway - 928 Honda track drive - Fertilizer spreader for dispensing salt
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