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Hi! My name is Matthew Christian from Tampa, Florida and on behalf of Expert Village, today
I would like to talk to you about the proper use and maintenance of a yard edger. Let's
take a moment and talk about fuel for your gas power yard tool. Again, as I mentioned
earlier most gas power yard tools are two cycle or two stroke engines. They are unique
in the sense that you must add the oil to the gas rather than oil to a crank case. There
is no oil in the crank case. The unit relies on lubrication through the oil that you add
to the gasoline. Most manufacturer's have their own brand of oil additive. Typically
the mixture ratio is 50 to 1. That is 50 parts gasoline to 1 part oil and not just any old
oil will do. You must use a two cycle specific oil additive. Typically when you go to the
store, you will find them in 4 ounce bottles. You just pour the 4 ounce bottle into a 1
gallon container and then add your fuel. In most cases it is not an issue what grade gasoline
you use. You can use low octane, you can use high octane. Your maintenance, not like myself,
I prefer to use the high octane and it is a cleaner gas and I think it is better for
the equipment that you are using. Another key area of concern is when you make your
gas for your two cycle engine, make sure you have a separate container perhaps for your
lawnmower which does not use oil in with the gas. So again, it is important to have 2 separate
containers. One for your oil mix and one for your straight gasoline and make sure you label
them as such. You don't want to confuse the two. You don't want to put straight gas into
your 2 cycle engine because that wouldn't have any lubrication in it an that would damage
the unit and likewise, you wouldn't want to put the oil gas mixture in your lawnmower
that doesn't require the oil in the gas. It could have some adverse affects on yuour lawnmower
as well. so make sure you keep two separate containers and label them as such and make
sure you follow the manufacturer's directions on mixing the oil additive for your two cycle
engine.