Problems with the premix fuel for small 2 stroke engines?

Yea I work on them sometimes, just use the regular gas oil mix, it’s the best way. Using non ethanol gas for small engines is best as well.

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This works just fine with my echo weed eater.

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I use that same stuff... weed eater runs like a top

Yes 50:1 works for me . Has a two year sl

Yes. Used it one time in the Stihl Weedeater and Echo Blower. Both stopped working the same day. Never again.

We used to see some issues with it from time to time. It would make a glaze over the carb diaphragm and make it hard as a rock. Not all the time but every time we saw that happen it was when someone used pre-mix.

I still don't understand why there's a market for the stuff. Like $5 gets you a gallon of non-ethanol premium gas and Stihl synthetic mixing oil. It feels like it solves a problem that was really never there

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No telling how long that stuff sits on the shelf. It probably turned to varnish.

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Not possible, it is in a sealed can, residual solids commonly called "varnish" left in a carburetor are the result of evaporation which cant happen without exposure to the atmosphere. Gasoline will also diminish in its available energy by the evaporation of soluble butanes to the atmosphere. Gasoline stored in a sealed container will remain useable almost indefinitely.

I mix my own and use an additive that is suppose to neutralize the ethanol.

I have all echo stuff.

No issues -- ever.

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It would be even more convenient to pay someone to do the job for them. "Hey, look at me! I do my own yardwork and pay out the arse for gas! That makes me smart!"

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People buy the 2.6oz motor oil all the time when you could buy a gallon. People buy a gallon when you could buy 5 gallons.

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Anyone else had issues with the premix stuff you can buy at Walmart. My blower refuses to run on this stuff. I’ve tried it with 3 different cans, I always have to end up dumping it out and going back with regular gas oil mix.

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Something is wrong with your blower then. I use gas/oil mix during the season for my trimmers and blower then run the last tank of the season on TruFuel. My chainsaws are run on TruFuel then emptied before storage after use. Zero varnish problems, zero fouling. I use Stihl Ultra 2-stroke oil with 93 octane fuel and marine Stabil when I mix. Echo Red Armor is very good too. Pre-mixed aren't gasoline based, they use a much more stable distillate that doesn't varnish like gasoline will if any is left in the carburetor during storage. I've rehabbed an old Echo hedge trimmer with the stuff and I've made my dad switch over to it too since he almost killed his Husqvarna trimmer with his fuel/oil mixing method.