On Jul 9, 4:28 pm, Meat Plow wrote:
On Mon, 09 Jul 2007 16:10:53 -0700, JohnJohn wrote:
I have a mountain bike and have added an electric motor and a 2 cycle
Tecumseh engine kit to it. After several years of regular use the 2
cycle engine started having some problems. It took 6-9 pulls to start
and sometimes it would stall. I'm not very knowledgable about gas
engines, but have done a few things to tune it up. I also bought a
gas stabilizer and some fancy synthetic 2 cycle oil(Amsoil Saber
Professional.) My engine manufacturer suggests using a ratio of 24:1
for the gas/oil mix. The new oil I bought mentions it should be mixed
in a 100:1 ratio. Should I use this formula or use the manufacturer's
recommended 24:1 ratio? Thanks for any info you can give me!

Synthetic oil is a 100:1 mix and I use it that way in everything of mine
that calls for a 15:1 to 50:1 mix with normal organic oils.

Synthetic is better oil but why change the mix, amsoil wont guarntee
anything and you need the most protection. Your motor will last longer
with synthetic if its sound, a compression test is a good start to
find out. Poor starting could also be a weak spark.