Do you shake your chainsaw?

Toyboy · Oct 30, 2017

I just automatically give my gas can a little shake before filling saw. Auto reflex I guess. Can't hurt.

LD48750 · Oct 30, 2017

Toyboy said:
I just automatically give my gas can a little shake before filling saw. Auto reflex I guess. Can't hurt.

What about the possibility of getting air bubbles in the fuel?

Oldpath05 · Oct 30, 2017

LD48750 said:
What about the possibility of getting air bubbles in the fuel?

If you buy a Husqvarna xp with Auto Tune the carburetor automatically adjust to burn air bubbles in the fuel bubbles.............

Toyboy · Oct 30, 2017

LD48750 said:
What about the possibility of getting air bubbles in the fuel?

Zero to non. I don't shake it like I'm trying to kill it. I guess it's more like a little sloshing around in the can. Not like mixing a rattle can. I only mix one gallon at a time so it's easy.

Sawyer Rob · Oct 30, 2017

stuckmotor said:
If my chainsaw has sat for more than a couple of hours and definitely overnight I shake it or at least rock it 100 times on the theory that the oil and gasoline have begun to separate. I also do this with my fuel can. I don't recall ever seeing directions to do this and don't even know whether two cycle oil and gasoline do separate. Am I wasting my time?

All I can say is, "IF" you feel the need to "shake" your chainsaw or mix gas can from them sitting, then you are using an EXTREMELY POOR quality oil in the first place!!

SR

Buggs67 · Oct 30, 2017

I got the habit from my father back in the early 70s. He was concerned with it separating. I stihl do it.

And I think the current crop of 2 stroke oils have stabilizers built in.

On a side note with the introduction of ethanol into the gas I heard it's hard on small motors so I started using Startron. It maybe snake oil but the small amount needed per gallon is cheep insurance. My local Stihl dealer tried to sell me on using the pre-mix they sell. But then he also tried to sell me on buying a battery operated weed whacker (at $100 more) saying I'd never have to buy gas and oil for it or worrying about it not starting.

And if I have some old oil/gas mix from the prior year I just put it in my jeep. A half gallon or so mixed into 10 gallons won't matter. I also do that in the spring if I have a gallon or two of gas in a can.

Doofy · Oct 30, 2017

Being in Alaska, our gas stays fresh for a couple of years. Cooler temperatures and low humidity, I would assume. It just doesn't seem to gum or varnish up things like it does in a hot climate.

Toyboy · Oct 30, 2017

Bottom line:
If you "want to shake your gas can", then do it!.
If you "don't want to shake your gas can" then don't!
No one on this site is going to give a hoot one way or the other.:thumbsup:

Firemanbuck82 · Oct 30, 2017

Toyboy said:
Bottom line:
If you "want to shake your gas can", then do it!.
If you "don't want to shake your gas can" then don't!
No one on this site is going to give a hoot one way or the other.:thumbsup:

If you hark back to the original post, they said they shake their saw 100 times before starting... Notwithstanding that it's unnecessary to "mix the fuel", it sounds OCD. Like, what, it's not going to start if you only shake it 99 times?

dragoneggs · Oct 30, 2017

Firemanbuck82 said:
If you hark back to the original post, they said they shake their saw 100 times before starting... Notwithstanding that it's unnecessary to "mix the fuel", it sounds OCD. Like, what, it's not going to start if you only shake it 99 times?

Ha... I went back and read the OP as well. Agreed, a few shakes can't hurt but hundred times might cause tennis elbow!