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Old Jul 6, 2015 | 02:13 PM
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Gas in my truck

Truck had 1/4 tank and got topped of with gas then drive 20 miles. I'm going to drain 30 gallons then put 5 diesel back in hoping it will start. Is that correct?
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Old Jul 6, 2015 | 03:57 PM
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I got 23 gallons out and put five diesel back in and it started right up.
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Old Jul 7, 2015 | 09:09 AM
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Wow, that's quite a stress test.

Didn't it sound funny running?

Glad you got her going, treat her to a quart of 2 stroke oil as well......
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Old Jul 8, 2015 | 08:04 AM
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There was no weird sounds at any point. When I was running 75% gas it just wanted to die when idling. When it was running on 50% gas it idled but just lower. It ran normal on the 80% diesel back to the house.

I will definitely dump some two stroke oil in when I get back in town. What ratio of two stroke oil do you recommend?
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Old Jul 8, 2015 | 08:16 AM
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IIRC most people that add 2 stoke oil to their tanks as an added lube run about 1/2 an oz per gallon.
So a QT bottle at 32 OZ would do roughly two full tank fill ups.
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