Hello All,
Novice Kitfox III/Rotax582 pilot here and I have a question for those less mechanically challenged than myself: some of my fellow flyers at my local aerodrome advise me to meticulously mix my unleaded gas with my two-stroke oil in my jerry-can before than filling up my KF III 6-gallon fibre-glass wing tanks. This is time consuming and for the time being I have opted out of their advice, I simply taxi along to my aerodrome's fuel pump to fill up and then simply add the oil in on top of the fuel; I assume that by the time this particular fuel hits the carburators it will have gone through so much vibration from the running engine and shaking from the taxiing on the bumpy grass strip that it will be well and truly mixed thus saving me all the jerry-can cocktail-like preparations. Am I right or am I being carelss with my engine?
I would appreciate any comment likely to make me a somewhat less ignorant mechanic.
Best regards,
Kiriako