I think unless you are using your 2-stroke engines daily/professionally, you should probably buy that synthetic fuel they sell for them rather than make your own pre-mix.
It's expensive, but if you're using a gallon over the course of the summer for your weed trimmer, so what? It has no ethanol and it won't foul up the carburetor. On Fri, Apr 28, 2023, at 15:11, Kevin Kraly via Mercedes wrote: > I’ve always run my 2 stroke engines on my 1/5 scale RC cars dry either > by pinching the fuel line or running it out of fuel. None of them have > shown any ill effects. The manual states that the carb should be dry > when the engine is stored for any length of time. I left my first one > with fuel in the carb over the winter, and come springtime, it wouldn’t > stay running. I ended up selling it, so the new owner had to put a new > carb on it. > Kevin in Lexington, NC > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On Apr 28, 2023, at 3:05 PM, Randy Bennell via Mercedes >> <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >> >> Anyone have a knowledgeable answer to this issue? >> >> I have sometimes wondered if it is a good idea to run an engine out of fuel >> on a regular basis. I assume it will run very lean at the end when it is >> starving for fuel. >> >> Is it more of an issue on a 2 stroke engine where damage might result to the >> bearings or cylinder wall? >> >> In a 4 stroke, it likely would have no possible effect apart from a burnt >> valve? >> >> Randy >> >> >> _______________________________________ >> http://www.okiebenz.com >> >> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >> >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >> > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
