Thread: fuel/oil mixture - 1973 evinrude
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Default fuel/oil mixture - 1973 evinrude
On Thu, 13 Oct 2016 13:55:17 -0700 (PDT), wrote:

OK. I am confused. 50:1 means 50 parts gasoline to 1 part oil. Example: 50 liters of gas to 1 liter of oil.By my calculations 6 US gallons equals 22.7 liters. This means you should put about 0.45 of a liter of oil in to get a 50:1 mix.(Simply put - 100:2 or 50:1 or 25:0.5) Can someone tell me what I am missing?
Thanks

In the US we say you use 6 gallons of gas (48 pints of gas) with a
pint of oil so that is 48:1 (or 49:1 in the final volume) but in
either case, close enough for a mixture that was arbitrarily chosen in
the first place.
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