Chainsaw Bar Oil ??

[daman1]

makes it rev up a little too quick though and sound like a banshee.:laughing:

lol yea..

 

[Wooddust]

Cold weather stihl in MO...8.78

 

[HiTechTed]

To each is his own,, them are the people that probably use 2 stroke oil in there car engines it's oil it'll will work right?

No, I'd say that's not true. I've done it and I'm smart enough to know not to put 2 stroke oil in a car engine. I also know how to properly adjust my chain to keep it from falling off. It's oil, and the only difference is the tackiness. Regular oil slings around more and runs out quicker but it still lubricates the chain. If you are burning things up and throwing chains, maybe you should learn how to adjust your chain instead of blaming the type of oil you use.

I'm not telling anybody here to use anything. Like I said, it's your saw so do what you want to with it. Funny how some people can use vegetable oil and never have a problem, but others blame their lack of mechanical skills on the oil they use. Them are the people that probably don't know the difference between a screwdriver and a box knife, right?

 

[blueriver]

Cold weather stihl in MO...8.78

Last year I had to replace the oil pump ... It was suggested via the net that I should use Cold Weather oil ... asked for it at the Stihl dealer. They didn't know the difference.

 

[shade tree welder]

It's oil, and the only difference is the tackiness.

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Wrong.

 

[rd_macgregor]

I bet STP (or maybe gear oil?) would work pretty good...plus, it would make the most expensive bar oil look like a bargain!

BOB

 

[clemsonfor]

a dull chain will burn up a bar and chain real quick. If your saw is making dust instead of pulling chips you might also need to learn how to sharpen a chain. Bigger the chips the better your filing job is.

 

[shade tree welder]

It's oil, and the only difference is the tackiness. Regular oil slings around more and runs out quicker but it still lubricates the chain... Them are the people that probably don't know the difference between a screwdriver and a box knife, right?

I bet STP (or maybe gear oil?) would work pretty good...plus, it would make the most expensive bar oil look like a bargain!

There are four modes of lubrication:

Hydrodynamic
Elasto-hydrodynamic
Boundary
Extreme pressure

Often several modes co-exist. Different additives are used for different
modes and depending on what you are trying to achieve with the lubricant in
use would decide what additives you use in that formulation. One example
could be are you looking for controlling wear or reducing the co-efficient of
friction between mating parts, they are not the same thing. Or do you need
a friction modifier for use with wet clutches, limited slip differentials or wet
brakes. Or do you need a dispersant, as with engine oils to control dirt
deposits in the engine.

By saying oil is oil is analogous to using a box knife as a screwdriver.

 

[tungularafishcamp]

I've read all 7 pages of this thread and it amazes me. Now, I can understand using some other kind of oil in an emergency but there are people on here who spend hundreds upon hundreds of dollars on a chain saw and then try to save a buck by using any kind of junk oil in it that they can get their hands on. Peanut oil, used motor oil, hydraulic fluid, why not extra virgin olive oil or Crisco? Come on, somebody has to have tried that ....

Spend the extra couple of dollars and get the right oil for the job. End of story!!!

I have an expensive poulan wild thing that has only had canola oil since new but now that she is getting older maybe I should switch her to extra virgin olive oil.

Course she has never tasted wood either, just moose n buffalo:laughing::laughing:

 

[spruce Deere]

Like the op was told, I too use "used" engine, hydraulic, gear and even regular bar oil. I sawed professionally for years and only thing i found used oil not up to was falling large stressed, dying timber where the pitch would gum up the bar/chain faster than with bar oil. I had my chain oiler adjusted to run out of oil 'bout the same time the saw started running out of gas.

Chains would stretch the same with used oil and in COLD winter weather, used oil poured easier than the gorilla snot that regular bar oil would turn into. Winter grade of bar oil looks a lot like new engine oil or hydraulic oil...... Hmmmm

As far as polluting the environment with used oil, ever see the color of the water in the puddles of wal-mart, malls, grocery stores and gas stations or any parking lot? Just what makes that funky colored water...... Hmmmmm