50:1 or 40:1. mix ratio for 1987 mercury 70hp

[appleo]

am disconnecting the oil injection. what is the correct mix?

 

[hemi rt]

am disconnecting the oil injection. what is the correct mix?

50:1 is the correct ratio and non-ethanol fuel if you can find it

 

[Texasmark]

On gasoline vs ethanol, I had/have 2 Mercs (90 and 115 hp) of 2002 vintage. One I ran for 10 years on ethanol and one I bought last year that had been run on gasoline. The black hoses on the engine proper had started breaking down and generating little black rubber particles on the ethanol engine whereas the newly purchased engine, upon taking a cotton swab and swabbing out the fuel line, plus inspecting the contents of the fuel filter, had none. Fact-fiction, mass hysteria, bad dream, I don't know, just facts as I found them.

 

[appleo]

Roger that. putting a decal on the splashwell

 

[The Force power]

Roger that. putting a decal on the splashwell

Don't just use any 2-stroke oil, use TC-W3 only!

 

[mav6759]

I would also tell you to use a fuel additive that removes the ethanol from the gas. Its hard to find, so I use a can of seafoam with every fillup and never had a problem. And I have not cleaned my carb's in 5 years they were perfect.

 

[Texasmark]

I would also tell you to use a fuel additive that removes the ethanol from the gas. Its hard to find, so I use a can of seafoam with every fillup and never had a problem. And I have not cleaned my carb's in 5 years they were perfect.

I kept Sea Foam added when refueling my older old boat. On the newer old boat I found an empty bottle of Mercury 1 fuel mix (didn't know such existed) and found that WW sells it so that's what I use now.

 

[Texasmark]

Don't just use any 2-stroke oil, use TC-W3 only!

Pennzoil semi synthetic TC-W3 at WW in the quart, half the price of the Merc oil sitting next to it and hardly smokes, burns clean.

 

[Texasmark]

Roger that. putting a decal on the splashwell

I thought I added this to my post earler: I got a Magic Marker and put a note adjacent to the fill port to remind me to pre mix. The decal is much more professional looking!

 

[dingbat]

I would also tell you to use a fuel additive that removes the ethanol from the gas.

What?.......its physically impossible to remove ethanol from gas short of distillation.

It's hard to find because the snake oil salesmen promoting the product has since gone to jail for false advertising....lol

 

[appleo]

I thought I added this to my post earler: I got a Magic Marker and put a note adjacent to the fill port to remind me to pre mix. The decal is much more professional looking!

Decal 3 bux on the ebayyyyy