Forgot To Mix.....hurrdurr

Well went and filled up my 2 gal mix tank and forgot to add 2 cycle to it, it wasn't completely empty when I filled it so it had the color of mixed gas but when I ran it through the leaf blower (before I realized) it ran for 20 min and shut down. I have since emptied it and filled it with the proper mixture 50:1 but was wondering how much damage I did running it lean/barely any oil.
Thanks!

 

pull muffler and it will tell you all you want to know.

 

You will need to pull the muffler and have a look inside at the piston, rings and cylinder. Post up a few pictures if you want and we will steer you straight

 

Oh shoot
Are you trying to live up to your name ?

 

Pull muffler and look at the cylinder then pull rope slowly and look at the rings and piston skirt as it goes past the exhaust. 50:1 is already pretty lean so hope there was enough residual and you didnt put to much wear on it or scratch it all up

 

Always!! I got it from HD last month so worst case I go exchange it.

 

Speaking of mix, what are yall running for mix these days? I know the husky premix is 50:1. I run 25:1 in my mac 10-10. Just wondering where I should be running my 576xp and 455.

 

Ive seen people score the cylinder and blow the motor running just one tank of straight gas by accident. Hope you didnt but I have a bad feeling you are gonna be buying a new piston and jug

 

For longest life run 32:1!

 

What is hurrdurr?

 

Don't feel bad, I had a similar brain fart years back with a 2gallon can, only put 1 bottle of oil in it.
The Pullon farmhand, and a weedeater brand blower both suffered the same fate

 

that's like a titty twister

 

seems to be running perfectly fine at the moment with no power loss.... how would I know exactly? Im not taking it apart as I can still return it.

Thiswithand some

 

Compression test. Peeking through plug holewill tell a little.

 

I know of (ok I was there) a guy that powered a chainsaw with diesel for a little while. That's what happens when your employer was to cheap to get a yellow can for diesel. Ran ok but smoked like a some beech.

 

Why would you try to return it? This is not a warranty claim, but simply operator error. Don't try to stick your self created problem on the manufacturer or dealer.

 

I agree with @Guido Salvage on this one. It was a snafu on your part I know a lot of people would return. Ultimately it's your call. I know HD is good about returning stuff has I had to return a mower one time with 3 hours on it. That was not my fault though the Trans stopped working. They did try to say I needed to contact a service rep at first.

 

Gotta agree with Guido.