Measuring fuel additives

[California]

I noticed two people using 1/4 cup measuring cups but quoting 2 or 4 ounces of capacity. Hmmmm.

A stainless steel measuring cup works fine. This one is 2 oz (1/4 cup).

Musta been someotherbody.

 

[Skyco]

Scientific supply houses have neat plastic squeeze bottles with English and or Metric quantity markings. When you squeeze the bottle the liquid contents comes out a small pointed spout. Squeeze a little and read the change of contents level and squeeze some more till you get enough. Very handy and avoids messy spills.

Harbor Freight has them in a 6 pack pretty cheap. But they are lousy! Bought some for various uses. Here is the thing they are apparently some low grade of plastic that permits the more volatile components of the contents to escape right through the plastic! Put some Hoppes #9 in one on my reloading bench, very distinctive, and to me pleasant aroma. Kept smelling it, couldn't figure out where it was coming from- then I spotted the HF squeeze bottle with the sides all sucked in. Also put some zinc based cold galvanizing paint in one to squirt on fresh welds, same thing, bottle sides sucked in later. Good idea but buy better bottles than the HF ones

 

[RalphVa]

I use a 2 cycle oil container that has graduations in ml on the side of a see-through part of the container. You can buy containers of 2 cycle oil that dispense (think it's) 55 ml (cc) at a time into an upper container.

For most other stuff I use a measuring cup that has graduations of 1 tsp, 2 tsp, 1 tbsp on it. These are available at lawn and garden areas. Some stuff like Roundup come with a cup with graduations on it. These are all plastic.

Get one of those converter lists, available on magnetic backing, that show the conversions from ounces, cups, ml, etc. One gallon is 3781 ml. A 40/1 mix into 1 gallon would be roughly 90-100 ml.

Ralph

 

[Soundguy]

Maybee 'Glug Glug' if I'm pouring out of the big power service jug (gallon?) into an empty tractor inprep to refuel.... and perhas the 'glug' -or- 'glug glug' if I'm pouring out of the quart bottle into a diesel can in prep to haul some extra fuel out to the field.. etc.. (wink)

hmm.. diesel treatment and burbon? Smells more like scotch to me (wink)


Question for ya.. i saw you mentioned lucas fuel treatment.. I've never used it... how do you like it? Applications?

Soundguy

Would that be Glug Glug or glug glug? (Large case/small case glugs)

My uncle the bartender always told me "never eyeball a highball". Not sure how diesel fuel treatment and bourbon relate though.

 

[penokee]

Just filled up my Duramax and Kubota today - used the "Slosh Method" from my Power Service gallon jug. Gotta look for a small measuring cup also.
penokee

 

[patrick_g]

I was at Wally World today and saw 2 cycle oil for sale in measuring bottles with the reservoir you fill by squeezing the bottle. Should last through a few refills with your various additives.

Nalgene bottles aren't as reactive as the HF ones. They cost more but are pretty indestructible.

Pat

 

[RobertN]

I was going to mention those too. you already ordered them, but if needed could get them from about any place that has dirt bikes.

Well, I've got a couple of those Ratio-Rites on order. We'll see how they work out. Thanks for the link, Skyco.
Bob

 

[Bob_Young]

Ahhhh....Nalgene....that was the 'N' word. I was googling Nagalene; no wonder I drew a blank. I'll try that next. Thanks Danno.

The Ratio Rites got here last week. They look pretty good, though I'll have to dig out the 'readers' to make out the graduations. Certainly won't break if dropped.

Jay, believe it or not, the darned Dollar Store didn't have a cheap plastic measuring cup. Neither did Wally World. The guy at the grocery dug one up for me 'cept it wasn't cheap...nearly $4....and I was afraid the fuel additives might attack it (or the painted on graduations). 4 bucks would get you Pyrex a few years ago. With measuring cups so darned hard to find here, someone should open a measuring cup boutique. They'd have a near monopoly.

I glug-glugged 2-cycle oil into the CTD the last two fillups. Danged thing jumped up at least 2mpg. Getting almost 26mpg now and I haven't been babying it....much. So glugs are better than nothing
Bob

 

[patrick_g]

I mostly use stainless steel measuring cups which should outlast Pyrex. Typically you can get a whole set for about $5.

I have a couple sets. They both have 1/4, 1/3, 1/2, and one cup included. This is 2 ounces through 8 ounces. It is easy to estimate 1/2 oz or 1 oz using the 1/4. You can always use a stainless table spoon and or a teaspoon (3 tsp = 1 tbl spoon) if yoi need smaller fractioins than are convenient with the 2 oz cup (1/4 cub.)

The cheaper set is marked in ml as well as oz.

Pat

 

[joerocker]

I don't think anyone replied to a question about adding 2-stroke oil to diesel fuel for a tractor.

Will it hurt it? Help it? Do nothing? How much to add? Power Service just as good? Better? Add both?

I think the poster said something about one of those little bottles to 5 gal of fuel.