What oil is best? and what ratio?

[mrxlh]

In reality, I hate all of them. I've almost eliminated the need with a nice light lawn boy mower.

Big picture, EPA rating/ranking. Our product can run X years at 300:1 ratio thereby helping us achieve net neutrality by 2048….

 

[Dieselshawn]

I should seperate the oils by color and see if one color group is better than the others. It could be the quality of the dye that makes or breaks them. Lol.

So you dyed your hair blue?

 

[mrxlh]

So you dyed your hair blue?

I tried, not enough hair left to make it worthwhile….

 

[Dieselshawn]

I tried, not enough hair left to make it worthwhile….

Im pretty much bald myself

 

[whitesnake]

I used to swear by it.

Sh!t it's not 2r is it?

 

[Dieselshawn]

Sh!t it's not 2r is it?

Do not worry, 2R is fine.

 

[cus_deluxe]

Another variable, are you going to rank weed eaters by abuse taken in oil testing? This might be the most important part of all of this!!!!

Only if I can weigh them too.

Ill tell ya what, my echo string trimmer tips over like it was a 346. Sideways balance is critical.

 

[P.M.P.]

Ill tell ya what, my echo string trimmer tips over like it was a 346. Sideways balance is critical.

Probably got that sharp plastic and stuff ouch.

Have you tried different ratios of mix to help balance?

 

[chiselbit]

Oh man this stuff tested today is nasty...
But it lasted the whole 9 hours.

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What flavor is that? Looks nasty

 

[whitesnake]

Yikes...looks like tar.

 

[Duane(Pa)]

Its Ziebart undercoating thinned with diesel and gasoline.....lol

You’ll stop at nothing to find the perfect lube

 

[whitesnake]

Its Ziebart undercoating thinned with diesel and gasoline.....lol

No way, that gunk is doing way too good of a job at corrosion protection to be Zeibart. Well... it does have diesel and gasoline mixed in!

 

[Wonkydonkey]

Tar very much for testing,

Probably looks like my lungs after all those yrs of abuse I gave them

 

[Nutball]

From the Dominator spec sheet:



What's it mean? Doesn't sound as good as people make it out to be. Any reports after using it in one engine for hundreds of hours?

 

[Wood Chopper]

I've talked to the techs at Amsoil and they have said that Dominator is an older formula that is designed 2 make engines live through a race or race weekend and then torn down at whatever interval is determined. Not sure how this relates to saws at all except lots of people I know are very happy with it in saws as far as I can see. When I asked him questions between Interceptor and Dominator for my KTM woods bike he asked me how often I tear down the engine to inspect. I said uh ....never lol and don't want to unless I have to. Obviously, this is for larger dirtbike engines and sleds. I run saber just because I have had really good luck with it and like what I see when I peek in the exhaust port and plug hole. The saws I have been in to look well oiled down below.

 

[andyshine77]

Most two cycle oils are older formulas, so I wouldn't let that bother me. Until someone preforms a long term tes of some type, I'd run a different mix through the saw if it was going to sit for a long time. But that's what I'd do.

 

[Nutball]

Is the concern really about an engine sitting for a long time, or just lots of hours of actual use? I hadn't got the impression either way with what was said on the spec sheet.

 

[farminkarman]

Is the concern really about an engine sitting for a long time, or just lots of hours of actual use? I hadn't got the impression either way with what was said on the spec sheet.

I don’t think the concern is about sitting as much as it is an oil that is meant for all out race applications where the engine gets hot enough to properly burn the oil. There are better options for non-race applications.

 

[Kiwioilboiler]

I've talked to the techs at Amsoil and they have said that Dominator is an older formula that is designed 2 make engines live through a race or race weekend and then torn down at whatever interval is determined. Not sure how this relates to saws at all except lots of people I know are very happy with it in saws as far as I can see. When I asked him questions between Interceptor and Dominator for my KTM woods bike he asked me how often I tear down the engine to inspect. I said uh ....never lol and don't want to unless I have to. Obviously, this is for larger dirtbike engines and sleds. I run saber just because I have had really good luck with it and like what I see when I peek in the exhaust port and plug hole. The saws I have been in to look well oiled down below.

Orange woods bike? Tell me moar said the White woods bike owner.

 

[Mastermind]

I'm not using anything but Dominator.

Have no plans to change either.