Premix separation

Wyatt_MacAlister
Has anyone had trouble with vp 110 and castor 927 separating mixture 32:1
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pete24 7/10/2019 6:57pm
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yes below 40 degrees castor would always sepperate out of my VP never happened with Cam 2
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Wyatt_MacAlister 7/10/2019 7:29pm
7/10/2019 7:29pm
It’s 95 degrees here in Florida I always shake the tank before I ride I only noticed the separation after the bike sits on the stand for a couple hours and I look at the bowl of the carb I can see the oil in the bottom below the fuel { lectron carb} I was wondering if it was because of the specific gravity being below .730? Going to switch to c12 50/50 with 93 pump and see if that fixes it
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babba boey 7/10/2019 8:21pm
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Ditch the 927 for a synthetic or semi synthetic oil. It is not a clean burner oil. I ran it for a while and the switch to Lucas. A lot less carbon. The 927 also carbon seized the ring to a piston on a few chainsaws. Not anymore since I switched oils. I miss the smell of the 927
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mx216 7/10/2019 10:20pm
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babba boey wrote:
Ditch the 927 for a synthetic or semi synthetic oil. It is not a clean burner oil. I ran it for a while and the switch...
Ditch the 927 for a synthetic or semi synthetic oil. It is not a clean burner oil. I ran it for a while and the switch to Lucas. A lot less carbon. The 927 also carbon seized the ring to a piston on a few chainsaws. Not anymore since I switched oils. I miss the smell of the 927
Need to twist that thing on the right side of the handlebars a little more.
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jbrown15 7/11/2019 12:22am
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Wyatt_MacAlister wrote:
Has anyone had trouble with vp 110 and castor 927 separating mixture 32:1
It has more to do with the 927 than it does VP gas.
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Derek Harris 7/11/2019 10:32am
7/11/2019 10:32am
Wyatt_MacAlister wrote:
Has anyone had trouble with vp 110 and castor 927 separating mixture 32:1
Most castor oils wont mix well with fuels of low specific gravity - but there is more to it than that

Your solution is to add about .5 gallon of pump gas or about half a quart of acetone to your 5 gallons of race gas - it will mix and stay mixed that way in cold temps, hot etc.
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Nuffsaid 7/11/2019 10:40am
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Wyatt_MacAlister wrote:
Has anyone had trouble with vp 110 and castor 927 separating mixture 32:1
Derek Harris wrote:
Most castor oils wont mix well with fuels of low specific gravity - but there is more to it than that Your solution is to add...
Most castor oils wont mix well with fuels of low specific gravity - but there is more to it than that

Your solution is to add about .5 gallon of pump gas or about half a quart of acetone to your 5 gallons of race gas - it will mix and stay mixed that way in cold temps, hot etc.
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77Moto 7/11/2019 10:53am
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babba boey wrote:
Ditch the 927 for a synthetic or semi synthetic oil. It is not a clean burner oil. I ran it for a while and the switch...
Ditch the 927 for a synthetic or semi synthetic oil. It is not a clean burner oil. I ran it for a while and the switch to Lucas. A lot less carbon. The 927 also carbon seized the ring to a piston on a few chainsaws. Not anymore since I switched oils. I miss the smell of the 927
mx216 wrote:
Need to twist that thing on the right side of the handlebars a little more.
Actually, most chainsaws run around 14-15K in RPM, but over time, carbon still builds up. And 927 isn't even a full Castor like the old Maxima Degummed racing castor(hasn't been around since the late 80s), or Klotz Green Label Benol.

927 is about 50% castor according to their SDS.

If you want good smell, run Klotz R50 or other Techniplate. I run Klotz Super Techniplate in a lot of stuff when I really want it to smell good.
It is 20% castor.



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RCF 7/11/2019 10:58am
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It says right on the bottle that it will separate in high octane fuel and cold weather

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