![]() The first two presses on the bulb passed nothing but air - being brand new and never run. ![]() It would probably have started on the first or second had I primed it more. I pushed the primer bulb five times and the trimmer started up on the third pull. This does have a convenient feature that opens the choke automatically if I gun the engine a little after start-up. The controls and start-up procedure are standard and familiar. So I popped down to the closest hardware store and bought a 1-gallon gas can, mixed in the Stihl oil, and filled the trimmer’s gas tank. In fact, in reading the warranty there are several ways they try to get out of paying for repairs during that second two-year period. But the manual and some commentary online talk about the need to use the gas/synthetic oil mix within 30 days or it begins to decompose, and using degraded gas/oil can void the extended warranty (four years) Stihl offers. I figured I’d use that can of new gas and two bottles of oil and be all set to fire up and see what it can do. I bought a six-pack of synthetic oil for the Stihl, each bottle mixes with one gallon of gasoline. The Stihl FS40C string trimmer uses a 50:1 mix. ![]() I have some gas/oil mixed up but that’s a 40:1 mix for my older tools. I have several 2-gallon cans, and one is a can into which I pump precisely 2 gallons of gas for use in my 2-stroke equipment. Testing was delayed by the fact that I didn’t have a 1-gallon gas can. I recently wrote about my adventure in trimmer shopping, this is the follow-up to that piece as a review of my new Stihl FS40C string trimmer. ![]()
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