buffy said:

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buffy said:

So, the mower mechanic has worked out why my bush mower won’t start. Apparently it’s got 2-stroke fuel in it. Which is apparently my fault for using the red fuel container. But petrol is in the red ones and diesel is in the yellow ones. Apparently one of the red ones has got 2-stroke in it. Who knew? I have suggested Mr buffy label things when he puts something different in them…He also informed me that the fuel is a different colour. Which he can see by looking into the black tank…I told him I’m not taking the blame for this.

how long you been using 2-stroke mix in a 4-stroke, generally doesn’t do too much damage short to medium periods, and unlikely any serious damage.

Last used the mower in August. A couple of days ago it wouldn’t start. Tank about half full. So I’m guessing I used about half a tank. I probably ran out of petrol and refilled to finish what I was doing. It seems things settled and gelled. Or something. They have drained it and now it starts first pull every time. According to the mower shop.

me and a mate were out fishing from his tinny one day, and when we returned and secured the boat, we found that his car was out of fuel.

He’s a motor mechanic, so it was a motor mechanic’s car: had half-a-dozen ‘one of these days’ items on it, one of which was the fuel gauge.

He happily put the two-stroke outboard fuel in the car’s tank. Admittedly, it was a 50 to 1 fuel/oil mixture, but i had my doubts.

Anyway, it ran fine. Maybe a little more smoke than usual, but it got us home. And, he explained once it was diluted further with a tank of petrol, it’d be like it was never there.