XPost: alt.home.repair   
   From: charlie@xxx.net   
      
   On Sat, 2 Jul 2022 21:17:38 +0100, Bugsy  wrote   
   as underneath :   
      
   >In a pinch, for something like a weed wacker or backpack blower or chain   
   >saw, can automotive synthetic motor oil be used in place of two-stroke oil?   
   >   
   >What's the difference between two-stroke oil and regular motor oil anyway?   
      
   Technical differences you'll have to research, and good luck with that!   
   The oil companies are secretive!   
   SAE30 single standard MINERAL oil was always used before the market-ers   
   got at it in the 1980s (NOT MULTI SAE oils)! Thats what I always use in   
   any twostroke that doesnt specify 2T synthetics, eg. more modern super   
   high performance motorcycle 2T engines.   
   The advice from long ago was to never use the multi grade nn-W-nn oils   
   because of the synthetic gloop additives used to achieve the multigrade   
   characteristics and the same applies to the synthetic 2T oils (which are   
   usually thin and pump-metered to the engines from a separate tank) and   
   very pricey.   
   SAE30 mineral is still available - I have to get it by the 5L.  C+   
      
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