Oil questions...

[bwalker]

Yeah I think they were back to back. Stens even has the FD certification on the bottle. Which proves that in order to be certified they use the honor system with no actual testing just like that email said.

Stens would probably pass the standard tests for FD. However, passing is a minimal spec. Many oils surpass FD by a fair amount. Keep in mind that FD is now several decades old and and came about prior to thinks like direct injection, strato charging, 4 cycle engines using two cycle oil, etc.
One of the benefits or using a oil made by one of the majors like P66, Exxon Mobil, Chevron, etc is you can bet that they have ran the oil through the tests and aren't just saying as much.

 

[bwalker]

Exactly. Even if they sell other ope brands it won't be fully synthetic. Maybe some hardware store dealers would???

I would tell you that there isn't a fully synthetic oil, both 2 or 4 cycle thats commonly sold in the US. All have carrier oil, diluents, etc that are not synthetic. So dont get hung up on the word synthetic. It can be argued that a synthetic blend is probably a better mouse trap for a 2 cycle anyways. Especially a low output ones like a OPE.

 

[EFSM]

Stens would probably pass the standard tests for FD. However, passing is a minimal spec. Many oils surpass FD by a fair amount. Keep in mind that FD is now several decades old and and came about prior to thinks like direct injection, strato charging, 4 cycle engines using two cycle oil, etc.
One of the benefits or using a oil made by one of the majors like P66, Exxon Mobil, Chevron, etc is you can bet that they have ran the oil through the tests and aren't just saying as much.

Red armor used to ship directly from Phillips 66, not sure if it still does or not. That was a few years ago.

 

[bwalker]

Red armor used to ship directly from Phillips 66, not sure if it still does or not. That was a few years ago.

P66 makes alot of the OEM oils and has for some time.