VIDEO HERE (21:42 minutes)
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I love this woman's channel and have been watching it for about a year. I've learned more about small engines and small engine repair in that year than I have the previous 50.
About the video content: I've ran both Trufuel and VP that I buy at Tractor Supply in my small engines and have had zero issues with it. Matter of fact, my Echo 450 chainsaw runs much better with that than it does my own pre-mix. I haven't noticed any difference in consumption.
The most noticeable difference is the first start after the saw's sat for a good long while, a couple months or more. With my own pre-mix, the saw will start, idle for a couple minutes and die. That goes on for maybe 10 starts and it's aggravating as hell. I know it has to do with the diaphragm in the carb hardening up because it sat, but still.....
If it sat with factory premix in it, it starts and runs perfectly, just like I'd been using it the day before. It's just a good, steady idle after I kill the choke. Not only that, but it's much more responsive with factory premix and the engine doesn't lope like her blowers in the video.
The only downside for me is the cost. That shit is expensive at 24 bucks a gallon. It's fine if I'm doing just a little work such as trimming or if I know it's the last time I'll run the saw for a while, but if I'm going to be using it for a bigger job, I'll use my own premix.
