Have just bought my first one.

I have to put 2% oil in with the petrol.

Is it okay or even normal premix, say, a 5 litre container full?

How long would it store for made up?


mark

Mark wrote:
Have just bought my first one.

I have to put 2% oil in with the petrol.

Is it okay or even normal premix, say, a 5 litre container full?

How long would it store for made up?


mark






I have a number of petrol appliances, I have them serviced every year
and the chap who does them says throw away (how?) petrol in a can after
three months. The theory is that the best bit evaporated first and that
left will give you starting problems. Being ignorant I take no notice,
have some that is a year old, gives me no problems.

"Mark" wrote in message
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Have just bought my first one.

I have to put 2% oil in with the petrol.

Is it okay or even normal premix, say, a 5 litre container full?

How long would it store for made up?
Certainly months is OK. The story used to be that some properties of
the oil degraded eventually when mixed with petrol but I think the
high quality modern oils don't suffer to any great extent. Just keep
it clean - ie around the filler cap of your machine and use a filtered
funnel.

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Rod

My real address is rodthegardeneratmyisp

"Mark" wrote in message
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Have just bought my first one.

I have to put 2% oil in with the petrol.

Is it okay or even normal premix, say, a 5 litre container full?

How long would it store for made up?

The instructions that came with my petrol mower say not to keep petrol more
than 30 days unless you add a petrol conditioner which allows you to keep it
for 90 days. I've kept petrol for upto 9 months in a sealed container with
out bothering with conditioners. Still seems to work fine after that.

"Mark" wrote in message
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Have just bought my first one.

I have to put 2% oil in with the petrol.

Is it okay or even normal premix, say, a 5 litre container full?

How long would it store for made up?

Make sure you use the mix recommended for the machine. Some take 25 to 1
others 50 to 1 and use proper 2 stroke oil. It is well worth buying one of
the mixing cans that have two compartments that you fill accordingly then
shake. It is good practise to always run the carb dry when you use the
machine unless you intend starting it again that day. I never keep pre mixed
fuel more than a month as I have had bad starting problems outside of that.
My Strimmer has a pump on the carb which is great for clearing out the float
bowl when switching off, and another on the fuel line to prime it ready for
the next start. Sadly my hedgecutter only has the priming pump and
consequently has to be left running to empty the carb.

On this subject, I have just fitted a petrol tap into the supply tube from
the tank to the engine on the ride on grasscutter. Now I can run that dry at
the end of the season. As long as the tank is nearly empty I can then top up
with fresh fuel, turn on the tap, and avoid first start fuel issues next
season.

Mike

I used to go too all that problem, of using a 1 litre mixing bottle
and topping it..... But I can't be bothered fiddling around.

So I now have a seperate plastic petrol container (5 litres), when it
gets nearly empty, I go and fill it back up with 4 litres of petrol,
then pour in 100ml of oil (assuming 40:1 mix), as most oil bottles
have a see throu measuring gauge. Swish it around and away you go.

I have no problems keeping it from one year to the next (over winter)