mixing semi and fully synth oil?

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I know you arent supposed to mix mineral oil premix in your tank with synthetics but does it matter if you have some fully synth in there (half tank 3% rock oil red stuff) then put the rock oil green semi in?
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Ive mixed semi and fully synthetic putoline in the RB and muggy and had no problems with either.
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yeah, I've mixed Rock oil.
there was a thread on here fairly recently about this very subject
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Ive no doubt on the lcgb site you will get arrested for this and possibly shot but as many will say,never had a problem.
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byron wrote:there was a thread on here fairly recently about this very subject
this one
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no problems at all in mixing semi; fully synth or mineral. Back in the good old 1960's any old oil was used in the dispensers with no ill effect.

I think some people may be getting the mixing of CRANKCASE oil confused with 2T oil.

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thanks guys. ;)
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bristolmod wrote:no problems at all in mixing semi; fully synth or mineral. Back in the good old 1960's any old oil was used in the dispensers with no ill effect.

I think some people may be getting the mixing of CRANKCASE oil confused with 2T oil.

Chris
Hi Chris....i do believe the only oil we couln`t mix in the `60`s was the Castrol "R" what the racers used, as it is a vegetable oil.....do you remember that gorgeous smell!!......i haven`t seen or heard of it for years.......
Nostalgia is a thing of the past!....
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