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Clean old petrol can thoroughly

Have an old petrol can that used to hold a combined leaded petrol/oil mixture for chainsaw. Want to clean it thoroughly to hold unleaded petrol, but not sure how. Don't want to contaminate unleaded petrol motor of new lawn mower.

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Not to worry, just drain out any old gas, put in a little new gas, shake it a little, pour that out fill it up and use it. If its bad varnished w/ old gas use stuff called Seafoam pour it in, shake it up let it sit over night and pour that out use like normal.

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Pour in a quart or so of the fuel u want to use the can for and slosh it around for a few minutes then use the "contaminated" fuel to start your next bon fire

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ie if you mix 20 mils of oil for every 1 litre of petrol that you mix
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I inherited a Rancher 50 20" chainsaw from my uncle only noone know the oil gas mixture.

using good quality 2 stroke oil use ratio 50:1

that is 20 mils of oil per 1 litre of petrol that you mix

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if using a good quality 2 stroke oil brand
mix it @ ratio 50:1 that is 100 mils of oil per 5 litres of petrol

or on a 1 litre basis it would be 20 mils of oil per litre
but !!!! if you are using generic 2 stroke oil from a garage
run it on 25:1 mix that is 40 mils of oil per litre of petrol

be sure to put required qty of in clean container 1st then add petrol qty to the can and give good shake , then fill your saw

cheers hope it helps

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I have an old model 1975 , what miks petrol/oil is right.

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Keeps cutting out

Your manual can be found here:
http://weborder.husqvarna.com/order_static/doc/MIPL/MIPL2008/MIPL2008_545103497.pdf
Fuel/Oil Mixture
  1. Use a quality 2 cycle oil and mix it to the OIL supplier's recommended ratio. Today I use Stihl 2 cycle oil mixed @ 50:1 in a Pioneer that I purchased new in 1980. There are no gouges or scratches on the piston or cylinder and I have no carbon build up on the piston top. The manual (on stone tablets) recommends 24:1. Over the years the mixture has leaned from 24:1 (Saw Recommendation) to 28:1 (Lawn boy mower recommendation) to 32:1 (Oil provider 8oz/2gal - used for many years) and finally the last 5 (±) years 50:1 (Stihl 2.6oz/1gal)
  2. Any fuel containing ethanol is not good with chainsaws. Mix what you expect to use within a few months. Anything over 6 months old use up in a 4 cycle engine. HTH
    Lou
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