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It was interesting to read the "News Cuttings" articles that Jack posted and of particular interest to me was page 2 where Victa claimed that the twin should be run on a 50:1 fuel mix. My guessing would be that this was a contributing factor in so many of these twins failing early in their life. What was it in the Victa twin design that enabled this motor to require so much less oil in its mix? Any thoughts?

G'day Norm

I don't think fuel mix ratio was the problem.
The issue appears to have been flooding of the engine - of any mix -
for starting. But there were other issues too!

I feel this is a classic example of Victa under-testing new products,
like the Predicta on the Victa Automatic.

They must have been under pressure after the Sarich engine fiasco ...

Here are some Service Bulletins on the Twin supplied by by the Great Mr Davis that may help:
https://www.outdoorking-forum.com.au/forum/ubbthreads.php/topics/38878/some-victa-twin-info.html

Cheers
Jack

p.s. I love your new avatar ...
simple but powerful