Originally Posted By: rudolphna
Originally Posted By: Nayov
So what's the advantage of a 2 cycle over a 4 cycle mower?
Excellent power/weight ratio, lighter. But they pollute like sonofab, smoke, foul plugs easier... generally everything that makes weed whackers/leafblowers bad.
You can get almost eliminate all the the smoke, fouled plugs and carbon built up on the exhaust port by using a synthetic 2 cycle oil. Examples are the discontinued Mobil 1 2T (I have a bunch stocked up), Amsoil and a few others. I just get a puff of smoke on start up, and that's about all I see.
Funny story: I cut my neighbors yard with HIS old style, 2 cycle Lawn Boy (he was on vacation). He uses mineral based, 2 cycle oil. There was a tree that had a hornets nest up on one of the limbs. There was so much smoke, that when I cut under a tree, well I guess that mower smoke woke up the hive. It looked like an air force release of hornets coming out. Well, I took off running down the hill to get away. I was trying to beat them off my head with my cap. The mower did not have a shut off handle. It kept going on its own in the opposite direction. My two kids who watched it all from a distance, fell on the ground from laughter. I'm done (& I'm stung).