Motor stoped just after filling up

when i need to fill up at a pump, i add the fuel first, then the oil, then shake my bike around like i'm having a seizure or something...

i figure if it gets a few bursts of raw fuel, it'll handle it, and the bumps in the road should take care of the rest of the mixin's.

only ran out twice. both times i didn't have any oil. first time i went to Home Depot and bought the worst oil ever made (don't remember the name) then pedaled to the gas station down the street. had to drain the tank when i got home, bike barely ran on it and spewed smoke like a coal burning train.

second time i bought whatever the chevron had, and it worked pretty good.

the bike i normally ride, i use Opti2 at 100:1, and haven't run outta gas on it (yet.) i should start carrying around a tiny bottle of it (eye drop bottle maybe?) because it's hard to find, and i think my bike would hate it if i had to put some crap oil in at 32:1 to get home...

A good thing to do before you fill up at the pump as well is to shut the fuel off. That way if you have run it completely empty at least you won't get raw fuel in the line and carb.

I always mix my fuel in a can and not once had to fill up at the pump, if I know I am going on a long ride then I carry extra fuel to avoid the pump. And with my luck, I'd be a long way away from a pump station anyways. But I am sure there will be a day I need to refill at the pump.

bairdco said:

...only ran out twice. both times i didn't have any oil. first time i went to Home Depot and bought the worst oil ever made (don't remember the name) then pedaled to the gas station down the street. had to drain the tank when i got home, bike barely ran on it and spewed smoke like a coal burning train...

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Might that have been this oil?:



I got it at the local auto parts store, it's all they had. I'll know how it runs in a few day hopefully.

no it was "power care" Power Care 6.4 Ounce Synthetic Blend 2-Cycle Oil - AP99G05 at The Home Depot.

it might not be that bad if you used it all the time, but my bike didn't like the taste of it.

i got some stuff from chevron the second time called "road tech universal two cycle multi-mix engine oil" that worked pretty good in that bike.