I recently inherited a nice old homelite XL-12. It was out of fuel so I put in fresh fuel mixture, 40:1, and a new plug and it fired right up. On the gas cap it says,
1/2 pint oil to 1 gallon of gas. That's like 16:1 fuel mix.
With todays new 2 stroke oils, do I still need to mix the fuel that way? It seems like an awful lot of oil. I have a stihl as well that uses a 50:1 mix. Any info would be appreciated.

C. Cooke, February 2009

32/1 is the correct mixture from what i have learned and read. I mix 5 oz to a gallon and have no probs. work with your saw and see where it starts to smoke at, that will not hurt it and then just lean it out a bit.

Tim, May 2009

Mix it to the dilution ratio on the bottle of 2-stroke oil you are going to use. If you're using Stihls semi-synthetic Red then mix at 50:1 and tha is the correct ratio for all.

pleasant, February 2009