What's The Complaint About Trufuel?
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that makes sense to me...
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Like TruFuel, Stihl Motomix is also mostly Naphtha.
https://www.stihlusa.com/WebContent/CMSFileLibrary/MSDS/MotoMixMSDS.pdf
Guess it works well because its not gasoline.
Yes, pretty much gasoline. Molecular weights are perhaps a tiny bit on the low side but mixed distillates of various chain lengths.
I bought a can of Tru Fuel to try in my Stihl chain saw. Ran great,but used up quickly. Smells weird. Great can for mixing up qts of fuel in. Thats my newest method of dealing with E-10 in my 2 strokes, small batches
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I've used nothing but TruFuel in my Echo weed trimmer for years, and it works fine for me. A fellow BITOGer responded to me saying this in a previous thread with: "I find people who say it works fine don't know how to tune their engine or don't know how it's supposed to sound when it's running right."
So I guess it's all in my head and my weed trimmer runs like crap, but I'm too dumb to know it.
So I guess it's all in my head and my weed trimmer runs like crap, but I'm too dumb to know it.
Having seen other posts by the poster you mentioned, I would take what they say with a grain of salt. Funny you mention the Echo running fine on Trufuel, because my two machines that didn't run well on it happen to be my only non-Echo machines.I've used nothing but TruFuel in my Echo weed trimmer for years, and it works fine for me. A fellow BITOGer responded to me saying this in a previous thread with: "I find people who say it works fine don't know how to tune their engine or don't know how it's supposed to sound when it's running right."
So I guess it's all in my head and my weed trimmer runs like crap, but I'm too dumb to know it.
I use it often. I have not had any problems with it. I use the 40:1 in all of my 2 stroke equipment. 2 Echo and one Poulan Pro chainsaw.
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I don’t run much of these kinds of things, though I do have a can of 4 stroke to shut the ope down on. I have used stihl and echo two-stroke canned fuel in cases where the draw is extremely low and so there’s a good chance of the ope sitting for long periods. I run regular pump fuel all the time without issue or concern. Ive never sought out or used e0 pump fuel.
I can’t say I’ve ever encountered an issue, but if the engine wouldnt rev or make full power, unless very pronounced,,I’m not sure I’d notice…
I can’t say I’ve ever encountered an issue, but if the engine wouldnt rev or make full power, unless very pronounced,,I’m not sure I’d notice…
Chickanic has put out a bunch of videos knocking it. I commented on her last video that trufuel and echo red armor fuel are both made by the same company but she never says anything about the echo fuel.
Personally I have never had any issues with any of the canned fuels.
Personally I have never had any issues with any of the canned fuels.
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Only other thing I'll add is that if I used my weed trimmer more than I do, I would buy 2 stroke oil and mix my own fuel. But one can of TruFuel gets me through an entire mowing season.
Used TruFuel once, my stuff ran fine on it. I like the way the VP Premix smells better. Haven’t even gone completely through this years gallon yet.
Volatility seems low.
Appears to not have enough oil.
Engines lose several hundred RPMs when trufuel is ran on new factory set engines.
It's obscenely expensive compared to pump gas and midrange FD rated 2 stroke oil.
Appears to not have enough oil.
Engines lose several hundred RPMs when trufuel is ran on new factory set engines.
It's obscenely expensive compared to pump gas and midrange FD rated 2 stroke oil.
28 bucks a gallon in quarts. Makes no sense at all to me.
Easy enough to make non ethanol fuel with E10 or E15 for odpe.
Or go to the paint aisle and get some Toluene and some paint Thinner.
My chainsaw gave me fits on truffle 50:1 mix. I began buying the truffle without oil and mixed my own up and it's fine so I think it's the oil they use. I can't get ethanol free gas anywhere else within hours of my place and the airport won't sell to me.
I've run gallons of the canned fuel through my Kawasaki weedie and Echo blower. Tru and VP brands. Far better than dealing with a fouled fuel system from CA spec gas that has gone bad. Now that I have moved and use the weedie much more and have access to E0, I just use that. As for the lack of rpm on canned, I believe that the alkylated fuel has slightly less btu content than auto gas.
