JHZR2
Staff member
Hello,
I have to say that Im quite disapointed with wal-mart TCW-3 two-stroke oil. I have a regimen of fuel adds that I change from, ranging from FP60, FP3000, LUCL, Schaeffer's soy shield, redline, amsoil PI, etc. I recently ran out of my amsoil saber 100:1 TCW-3, which was clean, viscous, and odor-free.
I got a gallon of wal mart supertech TCW-3. Poured it into my 8oz saber bottle, and the stuff was far runnier than the saber. OK, maybe that's why the wal mart stuff can only go up to 50:1 when fed at 16oz/6 gal (so its not really a good deal considering the rate of addition for real 2-stroke engines)...
However the stuff stinks like a bad diesel fuel, or maybe like a burned, stinky, overused, fuel diluted motor oil. It just stinks. It is disgusting to touch and use, it passes odor through the bottle now that it is unsealed, and it passes odor from the smaller bottle that I poured it in.
If you treat a large amount of fuel, or have someplace to store something like this, then maybe its OK... but this stuff is disgusting to touch and use.
Maybe pennzoil and others are better. Ill probably try one of those but may also just stick with the amsoil 100:1 at a super low, easy to treat rate...
Buyer beware.
JMH
I have to say that Im quite disapointed with wal-mart TCW-3 two-stroke oil. I have a regimen of fuel adds that I change from, ranging from FP60, FP3000, LUCL, Schaeffer's soy shield, redline, amsoil PI, etc. I recently ran out of my amsoil saber 100:1 TCW-3, which was clean, viscous, and odor-free.
I got a gallon of wal mart supertech TCW-3. Poured it into my 8oz saber bottle, and the stuff was far runnier than the saber. OK, maybe that's why the wal mart stuff can only go up to 50:1 when fed at 16oz/6 gal (so its not really a good deal considering the rate of addition for real 2-stroke engines)...
However the stuff stinks like a bad diesel fuel, or maybe like a burned, stinky, overused, fuel diluted motor oil. It just stinks. It is disgusting to touch and use, it passes odor through the bottle now that it is unsealed, and it passes odor from the smaller bottle that I poured it in.
If you treat a large amount of fuel, or have someplace to store something like this, then maybe its OK... but this stuff is disgusting to touch and use.
Maybe pennzoil and others are better. Ill probably try one of those but may also just stick with the amsoil 100:1 at a super low, easy to treat rate...
Buyer beware.
JMH