Subj : Lawn Equipment
To   : JIM HOLSONBACK
From : Roy J. Tellason
Date : Thu Jun 28 2001 11:09 am

JIM HOLSONBACK wrote in a message to ALL:

 JH> I have some old gas-powered 2-cycle lawn equipment here.  Homelite
 JH> chainsaw,  string trimmers by John Deere and Toro.  All are kinda
 JH> like me, old, but still working (at least sort of, pending a few
 JH> maintenance items). :-).

 JH> Most of this old equip. calls for 32:1 mix gas to oil.  Nowadays at
 JH> places like Home Depot and Lowes,  the only oil available is
 JH> pre-proportioned for a 50:1 mix.  One sales/service place here,
 JH> while putting a new chain on the Homelite saw,  advised me to use
 JH> the newer 50:1 oil in my old chainsaw, saying it would work OK and
 JH> produce less smoke.

 JH> But, I'm a bit skeptical, as older stuff may have had wider
 JH> tolerance bearings for the motor, and require more/heavier oil in
 JH> the mix, perhaps with a higher resulting viscosity.

 JH> Example of what is confounding my confusion - - label on the the
 JH> John Deere string timmer calls for 32:1 MIX with JD oil, but 16:1
 JH> mix with some other oils.

 JH> Surely someone out there knows about this issue.

Why not mix your own?  I only own 4-cycle stuff,  so I haven't really been into 
messing around with that sort of thing here...

Maybe next time I go to one of those stores I'll have a look at what they have 
available.

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