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is Mobil 1 Racing 2T Fully Synthetic  ok?

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cheers for that great advise, just to let you know, i dont own a apprila i just need the connecting pips for the 2stroke tank

cheers

What bike is it?

Hi Jamie95

All the advice given to you so far is very poor(except in the case of Oscarthegrouch his advice is sound)if there is the smallest of  a air bubble in the oil line either to or from the oil pump the engine will have a seizure,also it is best to run all modern two stroke on the best two stroke oil you can get,Fully synthetic is the way to go,and blowing in the oil tank with the pipes still connected will not clear any air bubbles(THE FULL SYSTEM NEEDS BLEEDING).A good tip when carrying out any work like this is to put a cap or two(off the two stroke bottle) of two stroke oil into the fuel tank  this will help to protect the engine in case you do unfortunately miss any air in the system,follow Oscars advice hes spot on

KCMC

Thanks kcmc

Also what most manufacturers say is to hold the  the two stroke pump on for a minute but i find it's a right chew on cause when you do this it just floods the cylinder with oil and oils the plug up

and slow i'm just saying what all manufacturers say when bleeding the system apart from holding the two stroke pump on fully which has caused me problems in the past  oh and jamie make sure you change that pipe pronto cause if it starts to split it will allow for the ingress of air also

2 stroke

Those that are stating that it is O.K. to run a 2 stroke engine without oil are not giving good advice, the whole principle of having oil in the fuel mix is to lubricate the engine components.

The poster being new to biking is asking for advice which is the correct way to carry out work on HIS bike and Oscarthegrouch and KCMC have given this.

Brutale r and Slowlearner, your method is OK for YOUR engines, as if and when, they do fail it is you that has to deal with the engine failure. Brutale r sorry mate but you even state what finally happened to your engine, all right you say it took 2 laps, but at what point did that seizure begin to occur.

 I'll tell you, just when the oil ran out. No oil equals no lubrication, no lubrication, engine components begin to fail, it could be instant on an older engine or may take slightly longer on a newer engine but rapid wear is the result otherwise why bother with oil in the first place.

With regard to premix, as KCMC says only put in a small amount, the reason being that when the oil pump does resume pumping oil to the carb the mixture percentage goes up and you could start to suffer high carbon deposits to the piston crown which will break away and foul the spark plug which in turn will cause the engine to stop. 

So Jamie95 if I were you I would go with the advice of Oscarthegrouch and KCMC,