Can someone advise on the oil gas ratio on a, I think it is a 1982, 50 hp Mercury Thunderbolt, serial# 6224280.
I have been running 24:1, 1 quart to 6 gallon gas, but someone told me that I should be running 50:1, or roughly a 1/2 of quart to 6 gallon of gas.
Last edited by whmstang99 : March 25th, 2008 at 01:16 AM.
Reason: Didn't sound right
I don't have the manual in front of me... but they all pretty much run 50:1. It's a safe bet as long as you are using a high quality oil... (ie: not walmart stuff)
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just because you found it that way... doesn't mean it's supposed to be that way.
Part of diagnostics is spending time figuring out not only what the problem is, but also sorting through what it isn't.
The older the engine is, the chances of it having more than 1 problem goes up exponentially
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