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Old 01-01-2010, 02:09 PM
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mopar1962
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I own a lawn service in s fla Im using 10% ethanol based fuel because its all I can seem to find. My problem is im burning my pistons and cylinder walls using this shit. My truck runs a lil shittier using the mix but my 2 strokes are scuffing pistons and walls reducing compression to the point of a rebuild and im talking just 3 months use. I use the proper 2 cycle oil for my applications. Now my friend who owns a 19 ft mako witha 2 cycle engine told me he needed a new top end. I was told by echo corporation whats happening is the ethanol is making the machine run too hot. Anyone got any knowledge on wtf is going on besides big brother blowing all our rides up so we have to buy new? :?:
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