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After doing my normal 200-mile greasing/oiling interval (Stinger HT Engine at 600 miles and Huffy Cranbrook), I decided to mix-up my new bottle of Poulan Synthetic 2-stroke oil from Wal-mart. Having read on here about being able to run a slightly richer mix (more gas/less oil) with synthetics, I went ahead and used the bottle recommended 40:1 (3.2 oz.) and added 0.8 oz of Marvel Mystery Oil. Up until now i've been running at 32:1 with dino oil since the 300-mile break-in and the carb/engine is happy. I decided to keep that ratio, just with Synthetics and a little MMO - should equal maximum protection and better lubrication (I hope, anyway)... I figured the MMO can't hurt - since I have used it in everything else for years now with no ill-effects.
With the Synthetic Oil the MMO is probably overkill, but I have always believed in Maximum protection in a 2-stroke - that's it's life!
The tank was near empty so I siphoned out the rest and filled the tank with the new mix - just to see if there was actually a difference. I started down the street - waiting for the leftover fuel in the carb/float bowl to work it's way through. A couple of minutes later, the motor revved up slightly - at the exact same throttle lever position (kinda like a surge, subtle however but noticable) and after doing this a couple of times, it stayed at the higher RPM's - all at the same throttle lever position.
Translation = it worked! Somehow.... All I can attribute this to is better lubrication equals less friction/load/drag - which would allow such a thing to happen.
I later took a 30-mile round trip to visit a friend an found that I used a little less gas than previous trips consumed. Plug color is still a nice Chocolate Brown - not oily (too rich) and not White/Gray (too lean). As well as this combo worked, I think i'll continue to use it.
Anyone else had anything like this happen?
With the Synthetic Oil the MMO is probably overkill, but I have always believed in Maximum protection in a 2-stroke - that's it's life!
The tank was near empty so I siphoned out the rest and filled the tank with the new mix - just to see if there was actually a difference. I started down the street - waiting for the leftover fuel in the carb/float bowl to work it's way through. A couple of minutes later, the motor revved up slightly - at the exact same throttle lever position (kinda like a surge, subtle however but noticable) and after doing this a couple of times, it stayed at the higher RPM's - all at the same throttle lever position.
Translation = it worked! Somehow.... All I can attribute this to is better lubrication equals less friction/load/drag - which would allow such a thing to happen.
I later took a 30-mile round trip to visit a friend an found that I used a little less gas than previous trips consumed. Plug color is still a nice Chocolate Brown - not oily (too rich) and not White/Gray (too lean). As well as this combo worked, I think i'll continue to use it.
Anyone else had anything like this happen?
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