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Wade Garrett Wade Garrett is offline
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Default The tale of gas cans continues:

On 3/24/21 9:19 AM, Snag wrote:
On 3/23/2021 9:20 PM, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
On 3/23/2021 10:09 PM, wrote:
On Tue, 23 Mar 2021 14:38:07 -0700 (PDT), TimR
wrote:


SNIP


Â* Since all my 2 strokes are Stihl (except one 45 yr old Homelite
chainsaw) I buy their premeasured bottles . 12.8 oz per 5 gallons , I
use a 2.5 gal container and half a bottle . I also mix my gas (87 oct
reg and 92 oct premium , both non-ethanol) 50/50 since Stihl recommends
89 or better .


Echo also recommends 89/mid grade octane for their two-stroke machines.

I could never figure out why such low compression engines would need
anything more than regular grade 87 octane gas. Is pre-ignition really a
problem?

Echo also recommends using a higher grade of two stroke oil (ISO-L-EGD
(ISO/CD 13738) and J.A.S.O. FD) instead of the cheap sludge I've always
used in my 1960's vintage 70 HP Evinrude outboard that's still running
like a champ.

Nonetheless, I've used the Echo-recommended oil in all my Echo lawn
tools and they too are working fine.

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