Recent content by Odd_Ball

Ixnay on the Izardslay. We don't talk about them around here. :whistle:

Royal Purple is bar none the best purple oil in the world today. If I were in the market for a purple oil, it's what I would buy without hesitation.

23 year old Honda Harmony HRT2162. 21" deck. It's been through three sets of wheels and the piece of sheet metal that covers the belt rusted and I replaced it when I replaced the belt, but other than that it's basically just had the oil changed every season. Mowing season here starts sometime...

I have never felt the need to put any magic elixirs in any oil or fuel. Some how my 23 year old Honda has got by without them.

Exactly.

I have never used a fuel additive that improved performance or increased engine power. I have no idea how degraded fuel which mainly occurs through oxidation and evaporation of more volatile components can be fixed by an additive. At best you might add back some of the volatiles that were lost...

I have a 22 year old Honda mower than has never had anything but regular pump gas in it except on the last mow of the year I run a tank of Tru-Fuel 4 cycle gas (or similar) in it before I put it away for the winter. I've never used any gas treatments and I've never had any fuel related issues...

Probably not ideal.

If you're really putting 3k miles on it per year changing it once a year should be no problem and should in no way create a fuel dilution issue.

I too have had lousy luck with their tires.

Some people smoke cigarettes and live to 91. That doesn't mean smoking is a good idea.

As the filter media loads up with use of course the pressure differential across the filter will increase with time. Every filter will show this behavior as it is used. You state "Only way for them to be moved apart like that is if there is "enough" Dp across the filter causing the pleats to...

I've got a few bottles of PYB '88 in my cellar right next to a bottle of Beaujolais '62. Keeping both for that special occasion.

Echo makes some very good 2-cycle gear. I've owned several Echo OPE and have been extremely satisfied with all of then.