ferreterno1 0 Posted February 1, 2007 Report Share Posted February 1, 2007 My mate has a old strimmer engine we are going to use as a smoker for ratting, my question is how much oil do you mix with the petrol, he dosnt want to put too much in incase me mucks up the engine. Any help would be apreciated Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ferreterno1 0 Posted February 2, 2007 Author Report Share Posted February 2, 2007 My mate has a old strimmer engine we are going to use as a smoker for ratting, my question is how much oil do you mix with the petrol, he dosnt want to put too much in incase me mucks up the engine. Any help would be apreciated no one do any ratting then? :whistle: Quote Link to post Share on other sites
moley 115 Posted February 2, 2007 Report Share Posted February 2, 2007 My mate has a old strimmer engine we are going to use as a smoker for ratting, my question is how much oil do you mix with the petrol, he dosnt want to put too much in incase me mucks up the engine. Any help would be apreciated no one do any ratting then? :whistle: i think most engines of that type run on about 40:1, so just add a wee bit more , if its to rich , the engine will struggle and you will kill a good few before they bolt, you are going to gas some anyway , Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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