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Default Question for two-stroke experts

On Nov 6, 11:18*am, JustWait wrote:
On 11/6/2012 12:09 PM, wrote:

On Tue, 06 Nov 2012 10:59:05 -0500, GuzzisRule
wrote:


My chain saw wants a 40/1 mix. My blower wants a 50/1. Rather than have another gas can sitting
around, I'm thinking of making a 45/1 mix and using it for both. Will that be safe?


I know commercial guys who use 50:1 for everything.


The way the race builders tell me, most gas and two stroke oil is such
quality that the exact mix is not as much of a factor as it was "in the
old days"...


In the old days, they used to take a 5 gallon can of gas and dump a
quart of 30W motor oil in it. That'd lube anything and keep the
mosquitos away