# Answer to the gas thief puzzler

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/answer-to-the-gas-thief-puzzler/172135>\
**Category:** General Discussion\
**Tags:** saab\
**Created:** [November 9, 2020, 6:09pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/answer-to-the-gas-thief-puzzler/172135 "2020-11-09T18:09:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![jbokeno54\_159876](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/74df32/32.png) [@jbokeno54\_159876](https://community.cartalk.com/u/jbokeno54_159876)\
**Post date:** [November 9, 2020, 6:09pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/answer-to-the-gas-thief-puzzler/172135/1 "2020-11-09T18:09:00Z")

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In the answer to the gas thief puzzler, the thief was caught because he siphoned fuel from a959 Saab with a two-cycle engine. Out of curiosity, I wanted to find out what the gasoline to oil ration for this engine was. I found lots of car enthusiastic articles, but none give this information. Does anyone have this knowledge?

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**Author:** ![shadowfax](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/shadowfax/32/13026_2.png) [@shadowfax](https://community.cartalk.com/u/shadowfax)\
**Post date:** [November 9, 2020, 6:29pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/answer-to-the-gas-thief-puzzler/172135/2 "2020-11-09T18:29:48Z")

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Didn’t hear that puzzler. Do you mean a Saab 95? The 959 was a Porsche. Depending on date of manufacture the recommendation on Saab 2 strokes could be anywhere from 25:1 to 33:1. Some owners of old Saabs bump that to 40:1 if they’re using synthetic oil in the mix.