E Z Peaces wrote:
RLM wrote:
On Fri, 31 Jul 2009 06:45:29 -0400, salty wrote:

On Fri, 31 Jul 2009 04:21:16 -0400, RLM wrote:

On Tue, 28 Jul 2009 01:05:19 -0500, zxcvbob wrote:

All the gasoline here, regardless of grade, is E-10 gasahol. It
doesn't
last as long in storage as 100% gasoline. So for 2-cycle fuel
(which I
don't use a lot of) I've started using a shotglass when I mix it. The
shotglass is graduated at .5, 1.0, and 1.5 ounces. I mix 1.5
ounces of
good quality 2-cycle oil with .55 gallons of 89 octane gasoline for a
50:1 mix (it's just a little rich.) I don't add any Stabil, but when
it's 2 or 3 months old I pour whatever is left in the 2-cycle gas can
into my truck. Then I mix a fresh batch next time I need some.

I got tired of mixing up a whole gallon at a time and having it go
stale. Then I used it anyway, and it would eventually gum up my
carburetors.

I'm currently using Castrol (or maybe it's Penzoil) 100:1 rated TC oil
in a quart bottle. When that runs out, I may switch to QuickSilver
PWC
(from Mercury Marine) synthetic oil -- the TC stuff, not TC-W3.

Now if I could just come up with a good method of remembering when I
last filled all my gas cans, so I know how old the gasoline is.
(do you
think a blackboard in the garage would work?) I use Stabil in the
6-gallon cans for the generator, and dump them in the truck and refill
about twice a year. It's the little cans that I can't keep track of.

BTW, I buy one 2-gallon can of 91+ octane Premium gasoline in the
spring
for the first tank or two of gas in the mower and tiller (etc.) They
seem to start easier that way. When that can is empty, I switch to
Regular for the rest of the season. By then they are either running
good, or they are not going to run good 'til I get them tuned-up.

Bob
There are 96 teaspoons to a cup measure. Two heaping teaspoons per pint
gives you roughly a 50/1 mix or one teaspoon per 8 oz. cup. Get a
cup and
teaspoon kitchen measure and keep them in a plastic bag in the
garage just
for this purpose. Two cups fill my weed eater or small chain saw.
HTH
Heaping?

FULL!

96 to a cup measure? I went to milliliters to avoid such mixups. I mix
up in a small soda bottle because it's foolproof to get the oil fully
mixed, it's dandy to pour from, and I can save anything that won't fit
in the tank.


I tried it this weekend. 500ml water bottle full of StaBil'ized
gasoline, plus 10ml of Castrol 2-cycle oil measured with an old syringe.
It was just enough to fill the tank of my Echo weedcutter. (I didn't
know it had such a large tank.) I could probably mix the fuel directly
in the tank now that I know that, but it's a lot easier to pour from a
small bottle than from a 6 gallon gas can.

I don't know how long the syringe is gonna last. The oil may dissolve
or swell the rubber plunger and ruin it.

Bob