2 stroke oil harmful?
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2 stroke oil harmful?
I'm storing my boat for the winter and as usual am left with about 2 gal of gas mixed 50:1 with 2 stroke oil. Anybody see any problems with mixing this gas with the gas in my truck in order to use it up. I have dual 15 gal? tanks on my F350. I'm thinking 1 gal. mixed with 14 gal. would be OK. Any thoughts? Thanks
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A gallon of 50:1 diluted into 15 gallons becomes a a 750:1 mixture. I'm thinking you don't have anything to worry about. My neighbor does it every year with his chainsaw oil. And you can make it 1500:1 by only putting in a half gallon twice instead of one gallon one time. Or 3000:1, or 6000:1, etc. You get the point. I'd do it but I ain't no expert. I'm just figuring that old worn out trucks burn oil all the time and still run so what's a few microdrops of 2-stroke oil. It's lighter weight than what you lube your truck with anyway and mixed with gas, it's really light in weight.
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Just curious, but what kind of boat do you have? We have an 18 foot Lund Explorer w/ a 90 horse 2 stroke. The gas tank in the boat is 32 gallons, so we usually have a good 1/4 to 1/2 tank left by the end of boating season. Every year we just add a little Stabil to the tank as part of our winterizing procedure. Granted our engine mixes the oil for us, but as I think about it, you are prolly only talking about a portable gas tank that you can take on and off the boat. If I were in that situation, I would definitely go FISHING. Waaaahooo. Cheers, and good fishin next season
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Originally Posted by 96DRW
Thanks for the replies. I think I'll give it a try since it usually comes up every winter.
I have 350K+ on my truck and I do it every winter.
Beats burning the unused gas in a coffee can full of wadded paper towels, which was my old method.
