Subj : Re: Lawn Equipment
To   : KARL SCHNEIDER
From : WAYNE CHIRNSIDE
Date : Fri Jun 29 2001 04:18 am

-=> KARL SCHNEIDER wrote to JIM HOLSONBACK <=-

 KS>All this is marketing hype.  You can use plain old 20W motor oil.
 KS>70 cents a quart at Wal Mart.  The so-called 'special' 2-cycle oils
 KS>are
 KS>just mineral oil with a little coloring in it and a high price tag.
 KS>Don't worry about the 'smoke', if you can see it, there's plenty of
 KS>oil
 KS>and you can cut down a bit without any big risk.  When you reduce the
 KS>oil/gas ratio enough it'll quit smoking but of course some of the oil
 KS>will be burned too.  The only real "damage" you can cause by making
 KS>the
 KS>mixture too rich is plug fouling, so err on that side while
 KS>experimenting and if it happens, pull the plug & wash it in gas.

You've pegged it, read the plug!
Tan ='s perfect, white ='s lean, hot and may destroy the engine
while black ='s too rich and you'll be pulling and brushing the plug
rather often.
 
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