Aspen 40:1 mix

[Khriss]

Always ran my McCullough s   on 40:1 mineral ( 1980 to 1990s)  no bothers at all,   however 50:1 red Stihl seems to run engines fr years(  1990s to 2020s) .  No need to change wot aint broke. Is really down to the servicing, not  yr oil.  K

Edited November 21, 2020 by Khriss
Clean yr tank out every month an dont let some other twat mix yr fuel

[Stubby]

2 minutes ago, Khriss said:

Always ran my McCullough s   on 40:1 mineral ( 1980 to 1990s)  no bothers at all,   however 50:1 red Stihl seems to run engines fr years(  1990s to 2020s) .  No need to change wot aint broke. Is really down to the servicing, not  yr oil.  K

I have run saws on 25:1 ( including a 250cc Ariel arrow ) when it recommended it . , 40 : 1 when recommended and 50 : 1 today Its never been a problem .

[Khriss]

An Aerial Arrow Mr Stubby !! Aint they  the ones used on traffic sign logos!!! K

[Stubby]

11 minutes ago, Khriss said:

An Aerial Arrow Mr Stubby !! Aint they  the ones used on traffic sign logos!!! K

No . That was the Ariel Leader . Same as an Arrow but with all the " tin work " on .

[gary112]

My dad back in the 70s had an old GTX tin,fill it with 4* and had a milk bottle he would about quarter fill it with oil and mix it up and away to go,never seemed to have any trouble with his old mcullochs,them was the days 

[Stubby]

1 minute ago, gary112 said:

My dad back in the 70s had an old GTX tin,fill it with 4* and had a milk bottle he would about quarter fill it with oil and mix it up and away to go,never seemed to have any trouble with his old mcullochs,them was the days 

Standard practice back then ?

[gary112]

9 minutes ago, Stubby said:

Standard practice back then ?

Used to smoke like hell til warm,used to think they was on fire?

[Moose McAlpine]

7 hours ago, Paddy1000111 said:

I don't know what oil is in Aspen but you shouldn't harm anything as long as it's fully synthetic oil. In future I would buy the 4 stroke aspen and self mix. I like Stihl Ultra oil @ 40-45:1 so I mix it myself usually although I have been using normal petrol recently and saving the aspen for storage as I am getting put off paying almost £5 a litre at the moment. 

 

It is fully synthetic. I would guess it's the same as Husqvarna XP oil as both are blue, fully synthetic and come from Sweden.

[Paddy1000111]

I knew it was fully synthetic but I didn't know if it is a true "in house" oil or if it's another brand that they mix in! 

[Will C]

1 hour ago, gary112 said:

My dad back in the 70s had an old GTX tin,fill it with 4* and had a milk bottle he would about quarter fill it with oil and mix it up and away to go,never seemed to have any trouble with his old mcullochs,them was the days 

I remember my dad just tipping a “sploge” of super universal tractor oil in a can of petrol when I was a kid. I asked how he knows how much was needed the answer was “just a sploge” the 2stroke lawn boy mower and homelight saw he had lasted for years.

Things have Changed in the last 35 ish years but have we really come on and moved forward? Now having to carefully measure 2 stroke oil and worrying about getting it right doesn’t really sound like progress ? 

 

that said you could smell the saw going nearly as far away as you could hear it ?