Victa Formula V 2-stroke oil

[Fred]

I have a 2-stroke mower (Victa) and bought a petrol line-trimmer (Talon).

I've been using Victa's Formula-V oil for the mower at the recommended
petrol-oil ratio of 50:1. For non-Victa oils, Victa recommends 25:1.

The line-trimmer requires 25:1.

Is it safe to use the Formula-V oil at 50:1 on the trimmer?

Thanks.

[len gardener]

g'day fred,

i don't know anything about victa's oil?

but with your trimmer i'd suggest you use an oil they recommend at the
correct rate, for me that's castrol tt oil.

On Thu, 23 Oct 2008 23:59:07 +1000, "Fred" <fr...@nospam.com> wrote:

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len & bev

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On Thu, 23 Oct 2008 23:59:07 +1000, "Fred" <fr...@nospam.com> wrote:

Put it this way, if you use too much oil it will smoke a bit and may foul a plug (which can be easily cleaned and reused). Too
little oil and the engine will die. Permanently.

So use 25:1

[Fred]

I'm not keen on over-using the Victa oil and producing excessive
smoke - particularly as they warn it's a potential carcinogen :(

It's so confusing to know how to use the Victa oil on other tools
that I'm tempted to switch to a standard 25:1 oil.

Thanks to everyone who replied.

[len gardener]

yes do that fred,

i use castrol tt (the one for mower engines) in all 2 stroke machines
always have done, get long life from teh engines and plugs, mix at the
recommended rate of the machine maker ie.,. 50:1 whatever.

[terryc]

On Sun, 26 Oct 2008 04:44:42 +1100, Fred wrote:

> I'm not keen on over-using the Victa oil and producing excessive smoke -
> particularly as they warn it's a potential carcinogen :(

Remeber the Castrol "oils ain't Oils Sol" campain? Well, it was just
that. All smoke.

[PC]

On 24/10/2008 5:52 AM, len gardener wrote:
> g'day fred,
>
> i don't know anything about victa's oil?
>
> but with your trimmer i'd suggest you use an oil they recommend at the
> correct rate, for me that's castrol tt oil.
>
> On Thu, 23 Oct 2008 23:59:07 +1000, "Fred"<fr...@nospam.com> wrote:
>
> snipped
> With peace and brightest of blessings,
>

> len& bev

>
> --
> "Be Content With What You Have And
> May You Find Serenity and Tranquillity In
> A World That You May Not Understand."
>
> http://www.lensgarden.com.au/

Lens is right, as otherwise the trimmer will "coke up", the muffler will
be blocked and plugs will foul.
Theyre designed to keep the plug clean with the lesser amount of oil.

[Sean Cleary]

G'day - many many years later... LOL

Sorry - I'll happily endorse Castrol's "olis ain't oils" advertisement. And: Yes - I had previously presumed it was BS too!

For eight years in the 1990's I rode a two-stroke Yamaha DT175 whilst living and working in tropical Central America. In that hot and humid environment I used it around dusty and traffic-filled city, but also two or four times/week on a two-hour each-way "commute" to my rural work site. With longer stretches at up to 120kmh on hot days my spark plug firing contacts were regularly melting due to overheating caused by build-up of burnt oil in the gap. So my mechanic, who diagnosed this cause, recommended I swap from readily accessible petrol station brands to Castrol and that solved the problem completely. I think Valvoline or QuakerState were fallbacks when I had trouble sourcing Castrol - but key was to avoid the easy-to-find 2-stroke bottles sold under their own labels by BP, Texaco, Shell, Esso etc. With much more limited purchase places in rural area it was a pain to have to plan ahead, but it solved the problem and thus was clearly worth it. As a consequence of that experience, I still seek out to only use Castrol 2-stroke oil on my Victa mower and no-name brand whipper-snipper. Thankyou, Mr Castrol!