Posted by Fritz Maurer on May 05, 2017 at 19:24:27 from (216.137.138.3):
In Reply to: Homelite 3 posted by Bkpigs on May 04, 2017 at 21:11:25:
One pint to the gallon is a heck of a lot of oil. 16:1 (8 oz/gal) is the heaviest I ever mixed for anything. But you're right, two-stroke oil has come such a long way there's no need for that heavy mix anymore. In all my antique Homelites and McCullochs I run Bel-Ray MC-1 at 50:1 and now they actually idle! Hardly any smoke and the exhaust ports stay much cleaner. My H-D MX-250 was factory recommended at 20:1 with mineral oil. When I switched to MC-1+ in 1980 and leaned it out to 50:1 the difference was night and day. No longer did I have to carry spare plugs in order to get back home. Bel-Ray claimed ratios of 80:1 with jetting changes, but that's a little scary to me. 50:1 works beautifully in all my stuff.
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