Sorry Glen I have to disagree with you on the ethanol issue. Colorado has had 10% ethanol for years and that's all you can get here. All my engines, bikes, cars, lawnmowers and trimmers are run with the ethanol based fuel. My bikes thrive on Opti-2 and Ethanol. Not just my opinion, it's a fact, sir.Been using the opti oil for 8 months with no apparent problems what so ever. The usual bragging by the others on this site got to me, I was really sold on it when Retmachinist pm me that it was the real thing. All you guys that are skeptical, I say whatever, the only catch is that it's not compatible with ethanol gas. That's not a suggestion it's a fact.
I think he may mean E-85 because almost all gas sold nowadays has at least 10% ethanol.Sorry Glen I have to disagree with you on the ethanol issue. Colorado has had 10% ethanol for years and that's all you can get here. All my engines, bikes, cars, lawnmowers and trimmers are run with the ethanol based fuel. My bikes thrive on Opti-2 and Ethanol. Not just my opinion, it's a fact, sir.
Tom
Glen I believe you missed the point; that being that I have 4 other 2 stroke engines that all perform perfectly on Opti-2 mixed with 10% ethanol. Yes, you are correct about the Chris Hill engine. It did poorly and to date we can only guess as to why. The best opinion I've seen has to do with the high milage engine initially being run on standard 2 stroke oil and the difference in the way the rings seated (if they ever did correctly). My opinion still stands, that when used as directed by the manufacturer from break in, Opti-2 is a superior lubricant to standard 2 stroke oil mixed to 32:1, more or less.The opti2 oil that was shipped to me came with the warning about E-85 (thanks Kevlarr your right). I can remember you posting how your engine bogged down with no power,Tom, so something must of happened since. You even told me about it on a telephone conversation a while back. Maybe it was the Chris Hill engine I can't remember but you said it caused the engine to barely run it was running slower than ever. You have either a short memory or you used a richer mix than the 100 to 1. Correct me if I'm wrong but I clearly remember having that phone conversation, you said you barely made it home with your bike.