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Originally Posted by deacon  I am running the 1/20 break in mix. I was hoping for a little better gas mileage with the 1/35 mix simply because the octane should go up. More combustion with the thinner mix. It is well within the mfg recommendations for the engine.
If there was no difference in the power/mileage, why would there even be two mixes. That was my thinking. |
Being an (ex) turbo car guy I used to believe that oil in gas kills the octane, big time - and it IS true for 4-stroke engines, especially with regular (crankcase) motor oil. But 2-stroke engines and 2-stroke oil, not so much. Some of the oil does combust, but a good oil drops out of the vapor mix very near the top of the compression stroke, to seal and lubricate.
I think the two given ratios are a bit of a red herring - I can see some extra lube for break in, but...........