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    Quick lawnmower question

    Can't be bothered to take the jerry can up the local garage tonight.

    Can I put 2 stroke ready-mix for the strimmer in a 4 stroke mower or will bad things happen if I do?

    I know it's lazy but I want a quick turnaround tonight so I can enjoy the dying embers of the day's sunshine reclining with a g&t in my steamer

    #2
    Your garden hasn't been on the receiving end of 2-strokes in years.

    Leave it to grow wild I reckon and mitigate the risk

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      #3
      Originally posted by The Plantswoman View Post
      Can't be bothered to take the jerry can up the local garage tonight.

      Can I put 2 stroke ready-mix for the strimmer in a 4 stroke mower or will bad things happen if I do?

      I know it's lazy but I want a quick turnaround tonight so I can enjoy the dying embers of the day's sunshine reclining with a g&t in my steamer
      Yes, no problem - at 40:1 / 50:1 it might smoke a little. More important is how fresh the fuel is?
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        #4
        Originally posted by Scruff View Post
        Yes, no problem - at 40:1 / 50:1 it might smoke a little. More important is how fresh the fuel is?
        At 25:1 then it will smoke a lot.

        It's only a few weeks old. Used the rest of the can getting a particularly stubborn bonfire going a while back.


        Your garden hasn't been on the receiving end of 2-strokes in years.

        Leave it to grow wild I reckon and mitigate the risk
        Har! Har!
        Last edited by The Plantswoman; 26 August 2016, 13:45.

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          #5
          Originally posted by Scruff View Post
          Yes, no problem - at 40:1 / 50:1 it might smoke a little. More important is how fresh the fuel is?
          It will smoke a lot, and you need to mix it with regular fuel, ideally. Otherwise you're looking at new sparks and worst case scenario, cylinder damage.
          His heart is in the right place - shame we can't say the same about his brain...

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            #6
            Originally posted by Scruff View Post
            Yes, no problem - at 40:1 / 50:1 it might smoke a little. More important is how fresh the fuel is?
            cutting grass that's so last year, rip the lot up and put some artificial down and sell the mower.

            same here, just gonna smoke like a good un but it won't hurt it

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              #7
              Originally posted by The Plantswoman View Post
              At 25:1 then it will smoke a lot.

              It's only a few weeks old. Used the rest of the can getting a particularly stubborn bonfire going a while back.



              Har! Har!
              It'll be fine - lawnmower engines have such large (engineering) tolerances (mostly) they will run on Paraffin / White Spirit. The 2-stroke oil will offer additional upper-cylinder lubricant and plug might run a little cooler.
              I was an IPSE Consultative Council Member, until the BoD abolished it. I am not an IPSE Member, since they have no longer have any relevance to me, as an IT Contractor. Read my lips...I recommend QDOS for ALL your Insurance requirements (Contact me for a referral code).

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                #8
                Why don't you use a hand lawn mower and get rid of your bingo wings?

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                  #9
                  Originally posted by oracleslave View Post
                  Your garden hasn't been on the receiving end of 2-strokes in years.

                  Leave it to grow wild I reckon and mitigate the risk
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                    #10
                    Originally posted by CretinWatcher View Post
                    Why don't you use a hand lawn mower and get rid of your bingo wings?
                    Believe me, my formative years were spent as a stable girl & consequently I have triceps that would give me no problem in tearing your head off your scrawny little body!

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