I mixed too much gas with oil on a jiify.....help!!!

[wlmrs]

Well my buddy went out of town for a week and let me borrow his jiffy 3.0hp 2 cycle auger.The auger was completely out of gas so I pick up some jiffy oil from gander mountain.The auger requires a 24:1 mix gas/oil.Here's the problem i poured the oil mix into a empty 1 gallon gas can then proceeded to pump 1 gallon worth of gas,well i wasn't paying attention and I pumped 1.3 gallons of gas.The auger started up twice about 2 hours apart but will not keep running.Any suggestions guys??I was thinking should I add small amounts of oil until it's up to par or drain out the bad mix and start over?

[PierBridge]

I wouldn't sweat it you are only at a 30-1 mixture a lot of people run 50-1 with regular "non-syn" oil.

The running issue is unrelated to you mixing the oil.

[Surface Tension]

Like PierBridge said its not a big deal.

Are you venting the gas tank? Open the gas cap then tighten and try it.

[DonBo]

No problem, I have an older 3hp Jiffy, they all run (or not) like that. They are very cold blooded. I need to pump mine all the time. Once they have been running for a bit they work much better.

[BoxMN]

Once I adjusted my carb set screws (the little red screws) in the COLD my jiffy runs like a top. I had previously adjusted it during the summer, and it did like you mention. But this year I warmed up the engine, when it was frigid cold, and adjusted the screws, high and low, and now it works great.

You can flood them pretty quick, so be sure to only use full choke until the first little "pop" you hear, then set it to half choke, and let it warm up. Then change to no choke and you should be good.

BTW - I now use the 40:1 ratio too.

[Pikeslayer]

You stated that you borrowed the auger from your buddy, so I would change the gas before you run it anymore!Just to be safe and show a little respect for your buddy!

[HUNTFISH69]

Yeah all you need to do is change the gas for him to be curtious, but all i run is a 50:1 mix, but i use a multi ratio oil and haven't had any problems yet.

[wlmrs]

Thanks for all the help everyone!I let it sit overnight and first thing in the morning it fired right up no problems.So I loaded up the gear and headed to the lake for some fishing.I drilled at least 10-15 holes with no problems all in a 8 hour period.Had a good day too!Thanks again!!

[Random guy]

We drill roughly 3,000 holes per year with our two Jiffys at 50:1 mix. Mine is five years old and Kelly's was made right after ice and dirt was created.

[bturck]

Johnny: Probably about time for Kelly to sharpen the blades then 'eh.

By the way great video on the Red Lake Forum. Bill