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  • September 17, 2021 at 4:59 pm #246807
    DaveB
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      Can 50:1 work in 1951 2hp Elgin

      September 17, 2021 at 7:10 pm #246817
      Buccaneer
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        I would think that model was in the 16:1 era.
        I would not run it on 50:1

        Prepare to be boarded!

        September 18, 2021 at 8:45 am #246842
        DaveB
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          I always run it 20:1 SAE30 NON detergent motor oil like the old manual suggests. But, in today’s world the rainbow slick it leaves on the water may be unacceptable.
          I’ve kept it running since I was 12 now 80 and have hope that oil technology would allow me to try my weed Wacker mix to lessen pollution. I certainly agree with you but someone else may have tried and succeeded. Hope to start a discussion.

          September 18, 2021 at 10:18 am #246850
          The Boat House
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            DaveB – I’m sending you a PM
            Tubs

            September 19, 2021 at 5:47 am #246898
            billw
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              Most times, if I think there are gong to be people around who would object to a little sheen on the water, I will launch the boat and row quite a ways from the beach or dock, before running an engine. Since our engines are generally small and get run a very limited amount of time, what we do to the environment is very small potatoes, compared to bigger boats, big trucks, airplanes, etc. It’s just that our stuff LOOKS a lot worse. Other people don’t think about that.

              Long live American manufacturing!

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