Oil Ratio

[AddisonM30]

I have been doing research on 2 cycle oils and I have decided to run Amsoil Saber. I wanted to know what you would recommend to run it at because I think 100:1 is too thin. I have some newer chainsaws that recommend 50:1 but also some older saws such as Mcculloch, Homelite and Remington. Those range from 16:1 to 40:1. I would prefer to run the same mixture ratio for all of them. I also have some blower and weed trimmers that are also 50:1 as well.

 

[bsmith717]

Anyone I see running it who’s opinion I value runs it at 50-1.

 

[Vintage Engine Repairs]

If it’s just saws you run, go to 40:1, if you run line trimmers, hedge trimmers etc with the same mix, go to 50:1. I find in engines that see minimal load like trimmers, tend to produce spooge at 40:1 with saber.

 

[Macman125]

40:1 in every two stroke I run. Saws, lawnboys, karts, bikes, trimmers, all of them lol.

 

[muddy42]

40:1 in everything, even when using alkylate and I tune carburettors using 40:1. More important is consistency of the mix ratio, using fresh fuel and avoiding ethanol.

 

[toppers]

45:1 here, anything is better than 50:1 really.

 

[cdahl383]

I use 40:1 in my older small engine 2 stroke equipment. 100:1 just seems wrong. 50:1 is borderline. Though I've had my Stihl MS290 for 22 years now and it's been run on 50:1 the entire time and it's still running great.

 

[lone wolf]

40 :1 here for about 15 years or more and no oil related failures. Fuel is really a bigger problem than oil but that escapes 90 percent of the people on here.

 

[AddisonM30]

I always run ethanol free fuel in everything 2 cycle. I was just trying to decide between 40:1 and 50:1 for the oil ratio.

 

[Vintage Engine Repairs]

40 :1 here for about 15 years or more and no oil related failures. Fuel is really a bigger problem than oil but that escapes 90 percent of the people on here.

Hey mate, do you find in the hedge trimmers or line trimmers you get spooge with 40:1 saber too or not?

 

[WoodmanSr]

Hey mate, do you find in the hedge trimmers or line trimmers you get spooge with 40:1 saber too or not?

Zero spooge running 32:1 semi-synthetic top quality JASO oil. 23cc Shindaiwa trimmer to 82cc Homelite chainsaw. Same OPE routine past 38 years. Switched premix a few times when discontinued but always semi-synthetic. I prefer semi-synthetic for OPE & 250/500 trail bikes, no oil related problem ever.

 

[Vintage Engine Repairs]

Zero spooge running 32:1 semi-synthetic top quality JASO oil. 23cc Shindaiwa trimmer to 82cc Homelite chainsaw. Same OPE routine past 38 years. Switched premix a few times when discontinued but always semi-synthetic. I prefer semi-synthetic for OPE & 250/500 trail bikes, no oil related problem ever.

Sure, I can run semi synthetic at 32:1 no problem. This thread is about saber.

 

[RedneckChainsawRepair]

My saw and I dont listen to Gov EPA folks.

40:1

 

[dboyd351]

I run Amsoil Saber @ 50:1 in everything and have for about 15 years. I love it!

 

[lone wolf]

Hey mate, do you find in the hedge trimmers or line trimmers you get spooge with 40:1 saber too or not?

Well i sure see a lot of it yes. On my blower BG86 a H adjustment fixed it but on the trimmers they are spoogin!

 

[Marley5]

I run synthetic 45:1 in every 2-cycle.
Oh what is spooge

 

[Lee192233]

Well, you probably don't want to know the colloquial meaning but here it's referencing black, thick, partially burned oil coming out the muffler port.

 

[Chevboy0167]

This but on a saw muffler/exhaust.




Excessive unburnt 2 stroke oil in the fuel.

 

[Vintage Engine Repairs]

Well i sure see a lot of it yes. On my blower BG86 a H adjustment fixed it but on the trimmers they are spoogin!

Ahh gotcha glad it’s not just me!

 

[sundance]

I bought several quarts of Dominator and have been running it at 45:1 for a few years. I'm careful with the measurements, rinse out the oil bottles so figure I'm doing an honest 45:1. Seems to be working well. Just a wood burning home owner (3-4 cords a year) + about 15 gallons worth of leaf blowing every fall.
The Stihl 4-mix weed whacker gets 50:1 stihl oil as it seems to do better on that.