Hey folks:
To save a few bucks over premix, I mixed up some fresh non-ethanol gas and plain jane 2 cycle oil (I think it was Car Quest or something I picked up at Advance). After running about a 1/4 of a gallon, my 5 year old blower (Hitachi) is now stalling - if you choke it a bit it seemed to run better. It sounded fuel starved, but here is the weird part - I added a few ounces of pre-mix and it runs fine.
My mix runs fine in my other blower - so now I'm really confused. I always thought 2 cycle oil was 2 cycle oil. And I would think if the fuel / oil was bad - the problem would happen in both.
Where do I start? Buy an electric? Is one just more sensitive to octane? (We only have 90 octane non-ethanol here, the premix is 94 I think).
To save a few bucks over premix, I mixed up some fresh non-ethanol gas and plain jane 2 cycle oil (I think it was Car Quest or something I picked up at Advance). After running about a 1/4 of a gallon, my 5 year old blower (Hitachi) is now stalling - if you choke it a bit it seemed to run better. It sounded fuel starved, but here is the weird part - I added a few ounces of pre-mix and it runs fine.
My mix runs fine in my other blower - so now I'm really confused. I always thought 2 cycle oil was 2 cycle oil. And I would think if the fuel / oil was bad - the problem would happen in both.
Where do I start? Buy an electric? Is one just more sensitive to octane? (We only have 90 octane non-ethanol here, the premix is 94 I think).