hey I got an idea

[beg]

I was thinking of putting citronella oil in my gas mix to kill mosquitoes will doing so affect my F motor?

 

[SeniorCitizen]

I was thinking of putting citronella oil in my gas mix to kill mosquitoes will doing so affect my F motor?

That will make it a real lawnboy so there will be no doubt what's running in the neighborhood. Charge extra for anyone wanting their alley fogged.

 

[Ric]

I was thinking of putting citronella oil in my gas mix to kill mosquitoes will doing so affect my F motor?

Well lets put it this way, if your mower is smoking that bad that you can use it to fog mosquitoes it probably wont hurt it.

 

[lawn mower fanatic]

Well lets put it this way, if your mower is smoking that bad that you can use it to fog mosquitoes it probably wont hurt it.

:laughing:

 

[KrashnKraka]

I was thinking of putting citronella oil in my gas mix to kill mosquitoes will doing so affect my F motor?

Better idea (?-subjective) is to strap a pound or two of slightly wetted
cow dung balls to the muffler, the resulting smoke will likely do a waaaay
better job on mosquitoes and add that "rural feel" to the environment.

And you can offer optional 'treatment' without having to changeout your
fuel - win win!

Safety first? On hot days carry a fire extinguisher.


KK

 

[lewb]

My first experience with a lawn boy was a neighbors yard being mowed with a brick top lawn boy in the 70's. There was a blue haze over the entire yard (typical summer evening with no wind and high humidity). My initial thought was how does that mower run with such a small engine. I think if you want to smoke the bugs out just up your mix, and find some old 2-stroke oil that is not smokeless.

 

[beg]

well I live in a city so cow dung was not a feasible option so I put 2 ounces of citronella oil in my gas mix and it has not ruined the engine yet. I tested it on one of my v force models I found at the curb. So far as I can tell its working

 

[KrashnKraka]

well I live in a city so cow dung was not a feasible option so I put 2 ounces of citronella oil in my gas mix and it has not ruined the engine yet. I tested it on one of my v force models I found at the curb. So far as I can tell its working

Crikey...! I read you were joking, having a laugh, pulling the
collective "leg"(forum).
I was.

Now I see you are deadly serious..!
I can see you are going to need a pinch of Ajax (TM) in
the oil/gas mix one day not far off.
Best of Lucks with you.

KK

 

[Luana]

Citronella oil does not kill mosquitoes, it merely repels them. However in some cases it also calms barking dogs so maybe not a bad idea. Rather than mixing it with the lubricating oil I would set up a drip system to drip on (or into) the muffler.

 

[KrashnKraka]

Citronella oil does not kill mosquitoes, it merely repels them.

Ditto for cow dung... but really, really... I read the OP was
posting a funny..!!
Bet the EPA crowd get 'phoned seeing as how the OP
is a suburbanite.. heh.