Oil Mixture

[Nomad]

I (actually the wife) was able to get a snow blower at a yard sale over the weekend, but it has no manual with it. She was told oil has to be mixed with the gas. It is a Craftsman 2.0 Horsepower, 20 inch machine. Does anyone know what kind of oil and how much goes into how much gasoline? Thanks.

Nomad

[jamesdel]

All I can find is a 3 horse 20 inch manual says 40:1
http://www.hammerwall.com/Download_Manual/44426/
hope this helps
Jim

[agmantoo]

I worked with an engineer from a large manufacturer of small engines. He had worked in the research department. In a conversation he told me that they did an extensive study on the requirements of 2 cycle engines of various companies and that the oil specification was excessive for all the engines they researched. He said that they had no failures until the reduced the oil to fuel until they got above 60 to 1. Every since that conversation I have just used a common mix for any 2 cycle engine that I have and that ratio is 40 to 1. It works for me.

[SolarGary]

Hi,
The Sears Parts Direct website has downloadable (free) manuals for most of their stuff:
http://www.searspartsdirect.com/part...t/index.action

You might check and see if its there -- you will need a model number.

Gary

[Nomad]

Thanks folks for all of the good information. Of course now that I have it I know we won't get any snow. It was more for an insurance policy than anything else. We shoveled the driveway by hand all but the big snow. There was no way we could do 2 feet with 3 foot drifts by hand, so we had to pay a plow guy to do it. The snowblower wasn't much more than what he charged, so I think it was worth it.

Nomad

[tamsam]

For all my 2 cycle weed eaters, leaf blower, and chain saws I use one small bottle of the 2 cycle oil and .8 gals of gas. Never had a problem. Sam

[cfabe]

I agree with the advice about oil mixes. I'd have said 32:1 without any knowledge of the equipment, the only risk to running too much oil is fouling the plug and lack of power.

I hate to break it to you , but that 2 HP snowblower isn't going to do much for 3 foot drifts either, unless you run it all through the storm. I speak from experience on this, I lived in northeast ohio and had one of the small 2-stroke flapper blowers. But, it is better than a shovel, that's for sure.

[tyusclan]

Most of the modern mixing oils work for any ratio. Mix the oil with the required amount of gasoline (varies depending on the size of the bottle of oil), and it's good for anything that requires a gas+oil mix.

[Ray]

The original oil mix ratio was based on standard 30 wt. oil. However many companies now use a different wt. oil and figure the ratio based on the viscosity, or weight of the oil they use, which may not be 30 wt. so 1 bottle to 1 gal. may be different ratios with different brands. you can use std. 30 wt. in any, using the early standard ratios. just a note to go with this thread, best wishes, ray