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You said “oil injected”. DO you mean the infamous 6 gallon tank where the oil goes in a different cap to a separate container in the tank? If that’s what your friend has, the oil is supposed to mix with the gas as it comes out of the tank. These were made in the late 1980s. They are notorious for the low oil sensing mechanism shutting off the gas when the oil it still nearly full, leaving you stranded…..but that’s not the problem you described. I just mention it to maybe save him from getting stranded. If your friend happens to have one of these tanks that’s still working, I wouldn’t trust it. I had one new in 1989 and one year later it stranded me on the lake. I took the tank apart and got rid of the mixing stuff and drilled 1/4 inch holes in the oil reservour so it will fill with gas, then I just mixed oil with the gas like any other motor.
Dave