Today, I had a gallon of gas that had been set aside. I had remembered that
I had made up a gallon of JUST premix for the chainsaw.

I was wondering if I had straight gas or premix. I looked at the little oil
bottles, and the oil in them was blue. I poured some of the gas from the
can into a clear plastic bottle, and sure enough, it was blue. So, I was
pretty confident that this was premix.

Other than labeling, and that can get screwed up, is there a way to tell if
gas in a can is straight gas or premix? I have several brands of two stroke
oil, and I'm not sure if it is all colored or not. Is it? Or is gas just
clear, and premix has a color tinge to it one way or another?

Steve

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On Wed, 13 Oct 2010 21:59:13 -0700, "Steve B"
wrote Re How do you tell premix:

Other than labeling, and that can get screwed up, is there a way to tell if
gas in a can is straight gas or premix?

Not easily & reliably.
--
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On Oct 14, 5:59*am, "Steve B" wrote:
Today, I had a gallon of gas that had been set aside. *I had remembered that
I had made up a gallon of JUST premix for the chainsaw.

I was wondering if I had straight gas or premix. *I looked at the little oil
bottles, and the oil in them was blue. *I poured some of the gas from the
can into a clear plastic bottle, and sure enough, it was blue. *So, I was
pretty confident that this was premix.

Other than labeling, and that can get screwed up, is there a way to tell if
gas in a can is straight gas or premix? *I have several brands of two stroke
oil, and I'm not sure if it is all colored or not. *Is it? *Or is gas just
clear, and premix has a color tinge to it one way or another?

Steve

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Depending on the ratio, you can sometimes tell by putting a drop of
the (mix?) on glass. When the petrol has evaporated, if there's any
oil you can see the oily smear on the glass when you hold it up to the
light. You might have to rub it with you finger to make it become
visible.

On 10/13/2010 11:59 PM, Steve B wrote:
Today, I had a gallon of gas that had been set aside. I had remembered that
I had made up a gallon of JUST premix for the chainsaw.

I was wondering if I had straight gas or premix. I looked at the little oil
bottles, and the oil in them was blue. I poured some of the gas from the
can into a clear plastic bottle, and sure enough, it was blue. So, I was
pretty confident that this was premix.

Other than labeling, and that can get screwed up, is there a way to tell if
gas in a can is straight gas or premix? I have several brands of two stroke
oil, and I'm not sure if it is all colored or not. Is it? Or is gas just
clear, and premix has a color tinge to it one way or another?

Steve

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almost all gas is clear these days. But i'll bet that's not 100%.
AMOCO's midgrade USED to be blue and the premium was purple. the best
way to tell is to dump it and remix and re-label.

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Steve B wrote:
Today, I had a gallon of gas that had been set aside. I had
remembered that I had made up a gallon of JUST premix for the
chainsaw.
I was wondering if I had straight gas or premix. I looked at the
little oil bottles, and the oil in them was blue. I poured some of
the gas from the can into a clear plastic bottle, and sure enough, it
was blue. So, I was pretty confident that this was premix.

Other than labeling, and that can get screwed up, is there a way to
tell if gas in a can is straight gas or premix? I have several
brands of two stroke oil, and I'm not sure if it is all colored or
not. Is it? Or is gas just clear, and premix has a color tinge to
it one way or another?
Steve

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I used to have two gas cans: one labeled BLOW and the other labeled MOW.

Now I just fill the blower with regular gas, top off the tank with a dollop
of oil, and call it good.

On Oct 13, 9:59*pm, "Steve B" wrote:
Today, I had a gallon of gas that had been set aside. *I had remembered that
I had made up a gallon of JUST premix for the chainsaw.

I was wondering if I had straight gas or premix. *I looked at the little oil
bottles, and the oil in them was blue. *I poured some of the gas from the
can into a clear plastic bottle, and sure enough, it was blue. *So, I was
pretty confident that this was premix.

Other than labeling, and that can get screwed up, is there a way to tell if
gas in a can is straight gas or premix? *I have several brands of two stroke
oil, and I'm not sure if it is all colored or not. *Is it? *Or is gas just
clear, and premix has a color tinge to it one way or another?

Steve

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Consider the relative cost of a new implement against the cost of a a
bottle of 2cycle oil of unknown fuel.

No contest. Dump the gallon into your mower or other low-tech engine
and mix a new batch!

Harry K

On Oct 14, 4:05*am, harry wrote:

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Depending on the ratio, you can sometimes tell by putting a drop of
the (mix?) on glass. When the petrol has evaporated, if there's any
oil you can see the oily smear on the glass when you hold it up to the
light. *You might have to rub it with you finger to make it become
visible.

Works just as said. Even 1 to 50 ratio (2%) will show an oily residue.
But lacking a decent test surface, using up the fuel in a standard
machine and mixing fresh is less nerve wracking.

Joe