fuel

[cottageonthebeach]

I just inherited a 5HP Ted Williams air cooled motor. I specifically says not to use unleaded gas in the motor. What do i do?
Thanks,
Ken

 

[Barnacle_Bill]

Re: fuel

Use what is available. Your motor will never know the difference and it won't hurt a thing.

 

[foodfisher]

Re: fuel

I believe the leaded gas was to lubricate the valves. There may be an additive available to do the same thing.

 

[JB]

Re: fuel

Hi, COTB.

:welcome:

My guess is that your Ted Williams outboard was made so long ago that the only unleaded gas available was 80 octane "white" gas. In those days OMC users preferred "white" gas to leaded. The tag may be referring to lantern gas, which was also called "white" gas. Tetra-ethyl lead offers no hazard to 2 stroke outboards, but low octane may.

Go ahead and use whatever 87 octane regular is available, but use chainsaw or weedwhacker oil, not TC-W3. Air cooled 2 strokes run quite a bit hotter than water cooled, for which TC-W3 is made.

 

[GA_Boater]

Re: fuel

Welcome aboard! Not too many valves in a two stroke Ted Williams outboard. At the time it was made about the only unleaded gas you could find was Amoco high test or white gas (often used in lanterns if y'all remember those). Just use regular unleaded and you will be fine. Also you need to find what the oil/gas ratio should be. Either 24:1 or 32:1, I'm not sure.

 

[GA_Boater]

Re: fuel

Us old coots think alike, JB. :watermelon: I forgot to say about using the plain old 2 stroke oil since it's air cooled.

 

[foodfisher]

Re: fuel

How about that. I ***-umed an air cooled engine was 4 stroke.