How Exactly Do We Mix Oil With Fuel?
The oil is completely soluble in gasoline and will naturally disburse in a
short period of time.
Great! I didn't know that oil can be completely soluble in fuel. I
thought I had to shake the container in order to mix them fully. Now I
know that they can be naturally mixed together without shaking, I don't
need to put them in a portable container anymore. I can simply fill up
the boat fuel tank and then add the necessary amount of oil -- in one
step instead of filling up the portable fuel container repeatedly.
I am very gald that I have asked.
One additional info that may or may not be useful for other people:
I have just talked with a mechanic in where I work. He said that we
still need to shake the oil and fuel to get them mixed. But the
motions of driving the boat around and stop and start at the traffic
light are good enough to mix them together. This means we really don't
need to manually mix them together.
This additional info is probably not necessary for mixing oil and fuel
because we will almost certainly move the boat around and get them
mixed before we reach the site to launch the boat. But this info is
probably more useful for mixing fuel stablizer into fuel. According to
the mechanic, we also need to move the boat around to get the stablizer
properly mixed with the fuel. Because of the fact that we probably not
intend to move the boat around when we are preparing to winterize the
boat and to add stablizer into the fuel, this means we need to add the
stablizer into the fuel when we are returning from the last boating
trip of the season -- not after we have filled up and have already
parked the boat at home and get ready for winterizing.
Hope this info helps someone.
Jay Chan
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