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VK2TV > FUEL 26.12.08 10:01l 47 Lines 1747 Bytes #999 (0) @ WW
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>From: VK6BE@VK2TV.#MNC.NSW.AUS.OC
>To : FUEL@WW
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>I believe your information is a bit out of date Warren. The modern two
>stroke engines in motor bikes and in modern boat engines use oil injection
>and not the petromix you are talking about. My motor scooter is a two
>stroke, no oily smoke, no unclean clothing, unleaded petrol as fuel and
>oil injection for lubrication. It seems your Government might have used a
>sledge hammer to crack a peanut by banning the whole tribe. However with
>petrol as cheap as it is in the USA who cares?
>Cheers,
>Bob VK6BE
>
>>Besides, with the 2 bangers gone bikes and riding
>clothing is a whole lot easier to keep clean, no more oily film over
>everything.
How easy it is to confuse a particular technology with the (cheap) way some
choose to implement it. And how easy it is to blame technology for a
(smoke) problem when the real cause may be fair wear and tear, and/or a
lack of maintenance.
GM produced some really large 2 stroke diesel locomotives in the 1960's
(the 42 and 421 classes in NSW come to mind) but they produced no more
smoke than their 4 stroke counterparts. Their distinctive sound was
something else.
I have a chainsaw and a brush cutter, both of which use conventional
fuel/oil mix technology. I certainly wouldn't consider them as being smoke
producers, beyond the intial starting period. My totally clapped out 8HP
Honda 4 stroke motor on the ride-on mower is something else again, until it
really warms up. Suffice to say I'm not bothered by mosquitos, and the
local apiarists are delighted, hi.
Cheers ... Ray
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