Which Klotz Oil For Outdoor Power Equipment?

[ArcherDriver]

Everyone seems happy with Klotz, so I thot I'd give it a shot.
These are the requirements I need to meet.
Two Cycle
Full Synthetic
50:1 Mix Using Ethanol Free-Gasoline
Air-cooled Engines
Make my own Premix
Mid-Eastern US Climate.

Which Klotz oil meets these needs?

 

[Rand]

I like VP Racing brand available at walmart for $9

Robot or human?

Its JASO FD runs clean.
or echo red armor from home depot for $17

ECHO Red Armor 16 oz. 2-Stroke Cycle Engine Oil 6550006 - The Home Depot

Red Armor 16 oz. oil is the perfect partner to add to 6 Gal. of fuel to help protect your 2 cycle engine from carbon build-up while cleaning existing deposits. By using powerful detergents to remove performance

www.homedepot.com

I have no experience with KLOTZ, but their reputation was built in high performance cleanliness doesn't matter applications. IMO.

 

[ripcord]

I'd use any of it except probably not the castor oil as it tends to gum up and carbonize. It's awesome for race bikes that get torn down regularly but not ideal for OPE stuff that you want to accumulate tons of hours on. I normally mix a bit thick, too.

 

[Little_Lebowski]

ECHO Red Armor 16 oz. 2-Stroke Cycle Engine Oil 6550006 - The Home Depot

Red Armor 16 oz. oil is the perfect partner to add to 6 Gal. of fuel to help protect your 2 cycle engine from carbon build-up while cleaning existing deposits. By using powerful detergents to remove performance

www.homedepot.com

This is good stuff and it smells just like Golden Spectro i ran in my Elsinorne 125.
The good old Days!!!

 

[Bighorn2500]

Klotz Super Techniplate

 

[FowVay]

The good people at Klotz told me a few years back that their small engine 50:1 pre-mix and their Motorcycle Techniplate are the same product and is their cleanest burning 2-cycle product that they produce.

The two products cost the same per quart but you can buy the 50:1 in a smaller quantity at a slightly higher cost per ounce.

So my suggestion for OPE use would be the 50:1.

edit: I entered a contest with Klotz on their Facebook page a couple of years ago and I won my entry. They gave me two of those 2-cycle oil smelling candles and huge pack of stickers. My wife made me burn the candles in the garage for some reason.

 

[ripcord]

The good people at Klotz told me a few years back that their small engine 50:1 pre-mix and their Motorcycle Techniplate are the same product and is their cleanest burning 2-cycle product that they produce.

The two products cost the same per quart but you can buy the 50:1 in a smaller quantity at a slightly higher cost per ounce.

So my suggestion for OPE use would be the 50:1.

edit: I entered a contest with Klotz on their Facebook page a couple of years ago and I won my entry. They gave me two of those 2-cycle oil smelling candles and huge pack of stickers. My wife made me burn the candles in the garage for some reason.

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Did the candles smell like castor oil? That would be awesome if they did.

 

[The_Eric]

Another vote for Techniplate.

 

[jake wells]

Klotz original techniplate would be my vote. Stay away from super techniplate and benol.

 

[FowVay]

Did the candles smell like castor oil? That would be awesome if they did.

They did. It was fantastic. The candles weren't made of wax though, they were made of some jelly looking substance. If they weren't so darned expensive I'd keep a few on hand at all times.

 

[1foxracing]

K;otz 50:1 is the correct stuff for outdoor power equipment. I do use their other products in my motorcycles.

 

[ArcherDriver]

K;otz 50:1 is the correct stuff for outdoor power equipment. I do use their other products in my motorcycles.
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Cool looking dog

 

[Alain2]

I prefer the cleaner Klotz snowmobile rated JASO FD.

 

[Cujet]

Use an FD, or EG-D rated oil and mix it at 32 to 1. Our testing clearly showed that this was best for everything, except race engines.

 

[repairman54]

Been using Klotz snowmobile oil at 40:1 in my OPE for years. Oldest saw, a 1996 Crapsman saw still going strong.
And it smells nice LOL.

 

[ArcherDriver]

Been using Klotz snowmobile oil at 40:1 in my OPE for years. Oldest saw, a 1996 Crapsman saw still going strong.
And it smells nice LOL.

crapsman. I like that

 

[jeepman3071]

crapsman. I like that

Remember when we all used to think the Craftsman power equipment was cheap quality? Now that stuff looks like high end compared to what I see from the box stores.

 

[ArcherDriver]

Remember when we all used to think the Craftsman power equipment was cheap quality? Now that stuff looks like high end compared to what I see from the box stores.

Man, isn't that the truth