Is the Stihl Motomix 50:1 Fuel worth it?

upupandaway

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It’s pretty expensive. ...I usually buy TruFuel or VP.

Trufuel is highway robbery. I mean $7 for a quart or in that ballpark??? Just buy the Stihl oil if money is so critical.

(I personally don't have a favorite on my 70's Stihl FS80's and 60's homelite chainsaw etc and see no scratches on the pistons.)
 

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Trufuel is highway robbery. I mean $7 for a quart or in that ballpark??? Just buy the Stihl oil if money is so critical.

(I personally don't have a favorite on my 70's Stihl FS80's and 60's homelite chainsaw etc and see no scratches on the pistons.)
If someone doesn’t use a gallon of mix per year, it doesn’t make sense to have mixed gas sitting around from year to year.
 

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If someone doesn’t use a gallon of mix per year, it doesn’t make sense to have mixed gas sitting around from year to year.
I use about 1 gal each year(at home, less at other rentals). I am fine with it. 2cycle oil has gas treatment in it.
 

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I’ve found that I can mix any leftover 2-cycle fuel with fresh fuel for my snow blower.
 

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For professional landscapers and repair shops, canned 2 stroke mix eats into the profit margin. So, mixing their own fuel is much cheaper. For the homeowner, who uses small volumes of 2 stroke mix, the canned fuel is more convenient and there’s not much sitting around to go bad.
EXACTLY Mparr.
 

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Buy it only in tubes for one gallon on ethanol fuel.
You talk about using ethanol fuel.Sorry to disagree. I think you'd be much better off with non-ethanol fuel. In my area, a handful of auto gas stations sell non-ethanol gas. It's pricey at a dollar or more extra per gallon but when you add your own 2 cycle oil to this gas, it's MUCH cheaper than buying premixed 2 cycle non-EtOH fuel. I use a tiny plastic cap from a discarded pump sprayer bottle into which I measured 19 milliliters using a cheap Harbor Freight one pound digital scale and distilled water. 19.0 grams H20 = 19.0 ml. . Being a chemist, I love the Metric system ;-) Then I marked the 19 ml level with a permanent ultra fine marker. This is enough to mix one quart of 2 cycle fuel at a time. If you need more, you could do same thing with a larger container and mix one gallon at a time. Or even bigger and mix 2 to 5 gallons at a time if you are commercial. People make mixing 2 cycle fuel into more of a challenge than it needs to be.
 

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No it's not worth anything.
 

Rivets

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Craig, if that works for you, go for it. I recommend using non-ethanol fuel to customers who let their fuel sit for long periods of time. I use my method because I use my fuel up in about 6 weeks and have no problems with any of my equipment.
 
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