Recent content by bwalker

Jack strikes me as being a little insano in the brain with a little paranoia mixed in. Maybe a little too much of that Northern California dope.

Red Armor does lay down an incredible amount of oil inside the motor. I cant say why. Its not all that thick either. Its a 30w oil like most pre mix oils are. It does very well at 40:1. I don't see a real need to run it at 32:1 although you certainly could.

Shouldn't smoke at all once up to operating temp

My logging mentor talked about peeling short wood aspen logs for the pulp in the mid 50's. Logs were around 48" long and peeled with a piece of sharpened car leaf spring attached to a wooden handle. Evidently the pulp mills didnt have debarkers back then?

We need something to keep the lights on for this forum.

All the OEM's recommend against running boat oil, but here we are.

Neither Schaefers products are FD certified and both are boat oils. No thanks. As much as I like and respect both Kevin and Scott I disagree completely in regards to running boat oil in saws. There is just no good reason to use it. I believe the Stuff Treemonkey runs is the 7000.

All oils get thick in cold temps. Using a 30w oil vs a 40w isnt a huge difference.

One trick for mixing gas in the winter is to put your pil bottle on the the windshield defroster of your truck. It mixes easier that way.

No secret I dont care for Amsoil's business practices. I also believe what you say about Dominator because you have been through enough motors to know. When the choice involves a boat oil and a air cooled type oil, its a no trainer not to use the boat oil.

I would stick with Dominator if it were me. Hp2 is a low SAE 50w oil. H1R is a 40w oil and Red Armor is a 30w oil. I've personally never had a problem with any of them mix ing cold weather. The only oils I have had problems with mixing is Maxima 927, Klotz super Techniplate and R50.

Learning to tune solves that issue.

Do you have a Citgo in your area?

There is no liquid gold. Dominator is a decent oil, but its not magic. Red Armor is a good oil too, but its also not magic.

I really wish they hadn't discontinued it.