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Oil
The engine requires oil for lubricating bearings. This should be mixed at 4% with the fuel and all
lubricating is then automatically metered and applied by the engine internal components.
If you use a 20ltr fuel bottle then add 0.8l of oil. For every 3 gallons of fuel add 1 pint of oil.
Some DTE oils work well in operation but leave very little slippery residue which can cause the
bearings to sound dried out after cooling. In this case we recommend the addition of 1% percent
of 100% synthetic 2 cycle oil to the 3% DTE.
To check this, simply put one drop of DTE oil between finger and thumb and rub together. You
find DTE type oils rub through very easily, whereas 2 cycle oils stay slippery very much longer.
The opposite problem exists where exclusive use of 2 cycle oil is used as it thickens up on cooling
and can cause such drag on bearings the starter cannot turn the engine for a start. So we recom-
mend a part % oil mix as follows:
The required total amount is
4%
of oil to be mixed with the fuel.
The recommended mix is a 3% of ISO32 type of oil, (commercial brands like Mobil DTE Llte,
Shell Tellus 32, Igol 32, Cepsa Turbine 32, etc)
plus 1% of 100%
synthetic
2 stroke oil
. Plenty of
commercial brands 2T oil are available locally, just check in the bottle that the oil is JASO FC or
JASO FD compliant.
Commercial turbine oils like Kingtech oil, Jetcat oil, Jackadofsky oil, Fuchs, Deluxe… can be
used.
It is allowed to use a 5% of oil contents for compatibility with other engine brands; this will
cause a higher fuel consumption and increased possibility of internal carbon building.
Full size turbine oils can be used, but are not recommended because these oils are not in-
tended to be burned; they are irritant and contain neurotoxic chemicals such as tricresyl phos-
phate that in long term could impact negatively on the health of operators and other persons
breathing the exhaust fumes.
Aeroshell 500 should not be used at all due to high residues left on bearings.
Do not use 2 stroke oil alone (4%). This will gum the bearings causing difficult or impossi-
ble start-up when engine is cold.
Please refer to the Xicoy Office for guidance in the first instance in event of any issue or concern.
