"Ed Pawlowski" wrote in
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"Doug Miller" wrote in message
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I have a 'Weed Eater', GBI 30V blower.

The instruction on the machine says to use 8oz of oil to 1 galllon of
gas. ( which sounds like a LOT of oil to me )

That *does* seem like a lot -- that's a 16:1 dilution, which is
pretty unusual.

It is unusual today. but in the garage I have a bottle of Hometlite
oil that specifically says to add to one gallon for 16:1 mix. I
don't know what the oil was for, but I think it was a scooter my kid
had years ago with a very small engine.





....and I have a Homelite string trimmer manual that specifically says 50:1
and specifically converts it as a 2.6oz bottle to a gal of gas. Guy at a
small engine shop says 32:1.