The biodegradability, according to HPL, happens when certain enzymes in soil come in contact with the oil. Doesn’t have anything to do with gas, at least the ones they use. I had asked about the bio-friendly industrial lubricants that they sell, in order to make the company I work for “greener” but also at less risk for environmental fines & mitigation costs. Not sure if 2-stroke is the same but it’s likely the same action for biodegradability.
Yup I've seen similar videos as well as my own experience draining fuel/cleaning carburetors from machines that had Stihl ultra oil in it. You won't ever see me recommending or using that stuff, but I'm sure the Stihl fanboys will continue to praise it.
Canned premix would be the gold standard.
Amen to that Sabre oil, good stuff!!
A few years ago my 2 cycle toys (Stihl) were seing very little use, so I fed them 50:1 Tru-Fuel. Then I had to chop up a few trees and used a gallon over two weekends. Expensive to say the least... After that I was gifted a single stage snowblower with a 212 cc engine. That was three years ago if I recall. From that point forward I have been running a mix of the Husquvarna JASO FD oil with 89 Octane E0. The current batch is approaching a year old and is running just fine in the Stihl leaf blower and chainsaw. This combination is working for me. Your mileage may vary.
There are numerous videos documenting the downfalls of Trufuel, mainly the issues it causes with not allowing engines to rev out fully. I only experienced this with one can of it I had, but given how expensive it is I stopped buying it. I have been using the VP racing 50:1 cans for stuff that I know won't get used often, and so far it works great.
That VP 2-cycle oil is cool, for sure. That's got the JASO FD spec. PS: Did you try to get E-FREE gas at your local airport? That stuff will make your OPE run like a crazed woman. It's 100 Octane, too. Talk about high revs.....
I have many cases of the original 3.2oz Pennzoil Air Cooled that I'd be willing to sell (24 bottles per case, so total 76.8oz). If anyone's interested, send me a PM.
Can you recommend a source of videos?
The small airports local to me are not easy to get access to unless you have a plane there or are a flight instructor, it seemed like more hassle than it was worth to drive 30 minutes one way each time I needed fuel for small engines. I have a variety of different personal machines, and in the last 10 years have only needed to do two carb rebuilds, which were due to age. One was my 1968 Gravely with the original carb. I've always ran regular 87 E10 fuel in my own and my customer's machines with a hint of Marine Stabil mixed in, and no fuel issues. I also only buy fuel 5 gallons at a time, and mark the date on a piece of tape. If it is over a month old it goes into the car.
Everything is done online as far as signing up, otherwise access is restricted pretty heavily.
