So what's the current two stroke oil favorite?

[pwheel]

Stihl Ultra. The exhaust smell makes me feel manly and it keeps the mosquitos away... Seriously, it doubled my warranty on a new saw years ago and I kept running it since.

 

[Sagebrush33]

Fuel oil.
I like to roll coal outa my mooflah.

 

[thinair]

HP2, amsoil dominator and motul 300v have been my goto oils. I work on a local tree companies fleet of saws and they run the dominator also, they have never had oil related problems in to 10 years of operation

 

[BK13]

I’m just a weekend hack. I generally use Red Armor and Dominator.

 

[whitesnake]

Was the VP oil decent? I got a couple small bottles given to me I should use up.

 

[rogue60]

The testing didn’t necessarily agree with that. Some failed pretty miserably right out the gate.

That's at 300:1 or something who runs that ratio in a saw. I'm sure at 40:1 most oils are more than adequate for a chainsaw.

 

[davidwyby]

That's at 300:1 or something who runs that ratio in a saw. I'm sure at 40:1 most oils are more than adequate for a chainsaw.

yep

 

[Duane(Pa)]

At sane ratios, the issues are more about deposits. The ultra lean testing discovered which oil had superior lubricity. (along with deposits or lack thereof) The best ran hours and hours at 300:1 without seizure. The worst ran just minutes...

 

[SimonHS]

Has anyone used the B3C Ethanol Shield oil? The spec looks good - FD rated, protects against ethanol harm and stabilises fuel mix for up to a year. Sounds ideal for infrequent use.

 

[Ford3000]

I talked to a logger last year that had lots of issues running xp + . He went to red armor. I’ve been running xp+ and will be switching after talking to him. My first pick would be Schaffer’s but it’s not available here

Any ideal of what kind of problems the logger had with XP+, a lot of people
use it here and have no issues, I used it, son used it too.

 

[Egg Shooter]

HP2, amsoil dominator and motul 300v have been my goto oils. I work on a local tree companies fleet of saws and they run the dominator also, they have never had oil related problems in to 10 years of operation

Thats because it DOMINATES them all....

 

[Stem]

Husqvarna XP+, been using it since late 2019 with zero complaints.

 

[RajS]

I've switched to Red Armor 40:1. Seems the saws start up easier, even my 088 in the heat.

 

[walkdog]

Motul 800 2T FTW!

 

[Wonkydonkey]

I got some of this, 2stroke oil from this local company.
It was because Someone recommended there bar oil as it has more tacky stuff in it. It seemed to be very good. So I thought why not try there semi synthetic two stroke

 

[sledneck22]

I've used Opti-2 for about 6 years at 45:1. No issues here. The couple saws i've had over this time have looked great internally with minimal carbon build up. And it doesn't have a crazy small to it. I got a 6 pack of HP ultra stihl oil when I bought a 462. I ran that for two gallons of gas. Smelled funny and noticablly more carbon and soot when using the same saws that were used to opti-2.

 

[drumbum]

Long story, but if you want the straight poop a member here did extensive testing to destruction and found amsoil dominator to be the best. Red armor protects well too but may hurt power. Supertech synthetic is probably the best value.

Do we have a link to that thread?

 

[Wonkydonkey]

Do we have a link to that thread?

this maybe the oil thread…. That went over to a group pm. But I,m sure @Egg Shooter can enlighten you

 

[davidwyby]

Here, Have a headache :


https://opeforum.com/threads/what-oil-is-best-and-what-ratio.98/page-330

 

[drumbum]

Here, Have a headache :


https://opeforum.com/threads/what-oil-is-best-and-what-ratio.98/page-330

Thanks