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Old 05-25-2011, 03:20 PM
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Default RE: DA / DL observation

I'll diverge from Jody's position and say 50-1 is fine for the 111 after break in. 32-1 will provide a better ring seal during the first 25 hours or so of run time but after seating there's no reason to use that much unless we're protecting the engine from actions of the owner. I have at my fingertips far too many engines using 50-1 Stihl to say that more oil is neccessary.

If the user doesn't know what they are doing for cooling and tuning then more oil is better but it will not save the engine from user extremes. Neither oil ratio nor advanced engineering can offset user stupidity.