Quick question on 50:1 from the pump...

[johnson-liner]

I've never bought any premixed 50:1 fuel straight from the pump. Partly because I just want to be sure the mix is right, and the only way to know that is doing it myself. I got to wondering the other day though....how does the station keep the mix..mixed? (not many earthquakes around here to shake it up ) Is there an agitator in the underground tank to keep it mixed? Just wondering, not that i'm likely to change my ways anyway!

 

[crazy charlie]

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I have never heard of any premix 50-1 from the pump anywhere.Are you sure you did not see gas with the additive "valvetect" which has nothing to do with 2 stroke oil.Charlie

 

[johnson-liner]

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Nah...definitely 50:1. A marina I stop at quite a bit to paruse the tackle has it. One pump, 2 "grades", (one on each side of the pump). One side is regular (i think 87 octane) and the other side is 50:1 mix.

 

[JB]

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Howdy, JL.<br /><br />I have used 50:1 premix from the pump at many resorts on LOTW. Always worked fine with the 2 strokes.<br /><br />Once TC-W3 is mixed with the gas it is not going to settle out any more than the Drambuie would settle out from the scotch in a rusty nail. (Yum!)<br /><br />Come to think of it, it is past noon and the bar is open.

 

[mattttt25]

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i like your thinking jb

 

[johnson-liner]

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AHA!! Well who could argue with an answer worded so well! <br /><br />TO THE BAR MEN! (and ladies). We've got a very important scientific experiment to run

 

[ZmOz]

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I would never use that...who knows what ratio it actually is and what oil they used...

 

[JB]

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It's what they put in their own non-oil-injected 2 strokes and the guide boats, too, Oz.<br /><br />They aint going to ruin their own engines and the guides' engines, now are they?

 

[LubeDude]

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OZ has plenty of reasons to be oil shy, and I see too many variables there. Its probably allright, but I wouldnt personally use it. Plus, it has to be more expensive than doing it yourself. <br /><br />Your call.

 

[BillP]

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Premix has been around Florida since the 1960s and marinas everywhere pumped it. It started disappearing around my area in the 80s. I used it and never had or heard of problems...but the cost was way high compared to mixing yourself.

 

[crazy charlie]

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I dont think I would use it if it were offered here on Long Island.Im so paranoid of something not being mixed correctly that I had the oil injection system on my 150 ocean pro disconnected.I want to mix my own.Charlie