XPost: alt.home.repair   
   From: bowman@montana.com   
      
   On 07/04/2022 09:11 AM, mike wrote:   
   > On 04-07-2022 07:08 Scott Dorsey  wrote:   
   >   
   >>>> If you're going to run anything but 2-stroke oil I'd only do it in   
   >>>> an emergency.   
   >>>   
   >>> That's good advice to do what you're told for anyone who is clueless but   
   >>> what's actually in the 30-weight non detergent oil that's not in the   
   >>> 2-stroke oil that matters to a small air-cooled engine is the question.   
   >>   
   >> Paraffins that won't burn cleanly.  So you'll cloud the neighborhood with   
   >> stinky smoke and have to clean the cylinder afterward.  After you finish   
   >> mowing the lawn you'll have to clean the windows too.   
   >   
   > You're right, but way over the top added drama since the tiny bit of extra   
   > smoke doesn't matter as "dramatically" as you're trying to make it matter.   
      
   Back when a Saab 96 doubled as a mosquito fogger a little smoke wasn't   
   high drama.   
      
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