So what's the current two stroke oil favorite?

[nbbt]

Looks like you’re new here. We don’t talk politics on this forum.

I'm not Gibbs with the rules but I believe it's #8.

 

[huskihl]

I'm not Gibbs with the rules but I believe it's #8.

That’s a great show

 

[lehman live edge slab]

That’s a great show

I’m still watching it after around 20 years, even watched the spin offs including origins that’s on now which is the how Gibbs got into ncis

 

[pbillyi69]

That’s a great show

i couldnt agree more. Abby is my fav

 

[Skiptooth Fred]

Sticker shock! Increased from $37.99 last year to $40.99+tax now.View attachment 462567

Isn’t tcw3 for two stroke outboards, ie colder running & not air-cooled engines? or have i missed prior info

 

[bwalker]

Isn’t tcw3 for two stroke outboards, ie colder running & not air-cooled engines? or have i missed prior info

Yes.

 

[Skiptooth Fred]

Yes.

Have seen such damage many saws

 

[Sloughfoot]

Have seen such damage many saws

I'd run that stuff in one of @hacskaroly 's saws, but not one of my own.

 

[hacskaroly]

Run it full bore, all day long!!!

 

[cus_deluxe]

lots and lots of people have been running that stuff for years in saws with no issues. and it smells darn good too.

 

[Woodpecker]

lots and lots of people have been running that stuff for years in saws with no issues. and it smells darn good too.

Yeah when Scott Kunz said he liked it and liked the way saws that had been run on it looked, I tried a few gallons. It’s great oil. I’d probably still use it if I wasn’t getting dominator cheaper.

 

[Sloughfoot]

I went through a couple of quarts of it. Smelled way better than the HP2 I'm using now.

 

[lehman live edge slab]

Correct, he gets his ambitions mixed up with his capabilities. Many of his before/after test cut times you can tell he is manipulating the cuts to show better 'after mods' results. When he stared touting this boutique almost backyard Motomilk oil with aerospace nano technology improved cut times by 20%+ I called him out and mentioned how wild of a claim that was. You could mix up virtually any 5 2T oils at the same ratio and be lucky to even detect a 2% cut time difference, hell U could mix up 30wt, at 40:1 and still be within margin of error on a 6 second cut time. He didn't like this and went nuts calling me all sorts of names and stuff. I told him his temperature testing with an infrared gun was not a good idea, I tools him to go buy a sparkplug thermocouple washer plugged up to a K multimeter to do it right as an easy cheap solution. He kinda listened & started using a multimeter with temperature lead but didn't get the thermocouple washer, instead stuck a probe into the cooling fins which really just measured what the cooling fan was doing, not cylinder temps. So then making claims about oils and temperature is silly delusion at best. I was nice to him when making some suggestions which ruffled his feather and ego. Joe did a great job doing his tests, he is honest and doesn't play games. But I think he was even quite chuckling inside after informing him of the 'placebo effect' . One poor guy recently paid him to port a new MS261 & tbh it ran a fair bit worse than a stock saw. But that's YT lots of good info and plenty more stuff you get a laugh out of.

Correct, he gets his ambitions mixed up with his capabilities. Many of his before/after test cut times you can tell he is manipulating the cuts to show better 'after mods' results. When he stared touting this boutique almost backyard Motomilk oil with aerospace nano technology improved cut times by 20%+ I called him out and mentioned how wild of a claim that was. You could mix up virtually any 5 2T oils at the same ratio and be lucky to even detect a 2% cut time difference, hell U could mix up 30wt, at 40:1 and still be within margin of error on a 6 second cut time. He didn't like this and went nuts calling me all sorts of names and stuff. I told him his temperature testing with an infrared gun was not a good idea, I tools him to go buy a sparkplug thermocouple washer plugged up to a K multimeter to do it right as an easy cheap solution. He kinda listened & started using a multimeter with temperature lead but didn't get the thermocouple washer, instead stuck a probe into the cooling fins which really just measured what the cooling fan was doing, not cylinder temps. So then making claims about oils and temperature is silly delusion at best. I was nice to him when making some suggestions which ruffled his feather and ego. Joe did a great job doing his tests, he is honest and doesn't play games. But I think he was even quite chuckling inside after informing him of the 'placebo effect' . One poor guy recently paid him to port a new MS261 & tbh it ran a fair bit worse than a stock saw. But that's YT lots of good info and plenty more stuff you get a laugh out of.

Apparently the dyno wasn’t good enough, building a cut machine to take the human error out of it. What about wood density variation and everything else. I told him the dyno was to take the human error out and the results are 100% believable. Him designing a machine to do the tests because he doesn’t believe the dyno is like designing a new steel ruler to measure with because you don’t believe your micrometer. Any tool he comes up with will be worse than the tool he already used to measure results.

 

[Sloughfoot]

Apparently the dyno wasn’t good enough, building a cut machine to take the human error out of it. What about wood density variation and everything else. I told him the dyno was to take the human error out and the results are 100% believable. Him designing a machine to do the tests because he doesn’t believe the dyno is like designing a new steel ruler to measure with because you don’t believe your micrometer. Any tool he comes up with will be worse than the tool he already used to measure results.

Seen his 400.1 review? It's something else.

 

[bwalker]

Apparently the dyno wasn’t good enough, building a cut machine to take the human error out of it. What about wood density variation and everything else. I told him the dyno was to take the human error out and the results are 100% believable. Him designing a machine to do the tests because he doesn’t believe the dyno is like designing a new steel ruler to measure with because you don’t believe your micrometer. Any tool he comes up with will be worse than the tool he already used to measure results.

Probably still believes in the tooth fairy.

 

[tps3443]

I have been adding Honda HP2 oil to Stihl MotoMix and converting it to 32:1 since my saw was brand new. It’s an amazing oil! Odorless when running because of the fuel type. My saw is a manual carb Stihl 261 I bought new last year, I pulled the muffler off yesterday and the piston and cylinder don’t have a single mark on them. Hour meter shows 6 hours run time now. Exhaust port was very clean!

My high speed adjustment on the carb is all the way open as rich as it can go, saw still revvs to 14,600 while pulling the 20” bar/chain on it. It is a BEAST of a saw. I’d have to remove the limiters on the carb to richer it up enough to drop the RPM’s or get it to 4 stroke.

I just keep the air filter and saw crazy crazy clean, and I think it’s probably gonna last forever. Been over a year since I got it, and I’m super happy with it. It just starts/idles/runs so well.

 

[Tomos770]

Pro saw with limiters on its carburetor?

 

[ammoaddict]

Pro saw with limiters on its carburetor?

Yep.

 

[Partner]

The point is not to use the saw for too long

 

[mbret2004]

I bought Amsoil Saber at my local Napa and the counter parts guy made sure to tell me it was synthetic! It's not real oil, in other words. Kind of like they sell it but they don't really believe in it.... I live in North Bend WA, lot's of big douglas fir trees, and they are always wet for 9 months out of the year it seems like. I have'nt opened it yet, so am wondering if I should exchange it for some "real oil!" Lol...

It wasn't that big of a purchase, maybe like 12-14$ for a quart of it. Says right on there it's Synthetic!

They always give me kind of wierd looks when I buy German oil for my VW TDI, so I have been going to a different store for that oil, in Issaquah WA. Still is a Napa and they know all those "other guys" up the hill where I live at in North Bend. A guy at the Issaquah store did a gasket delete on his 372xp and he went on and on for about 15 minutes about Permatex, and compression, the guys in North Bend vs the Issaquah store....

It's kind of a hoot actually, hope they aren't members here or I'll be paying higher prices if they figure it out! You get better pricing if you don't dress up, go in there looking like you just pulled a transmission or something and need some parts and Gear Oil... then ask about the chainsaw oil sort of as an aside conversation... Just my theory anyways. My brother always says "Any oil is better than no Oil!" As I have blown up a few motors in my day... I was using Lucas oil at around 50:1 when I was trying to cut through a limb last year and the 372xpw just froze up and shut down.

Now I have a new OEM crankcase I got from someone on the other site, a new Gilardoni Piston/Cylinder kit, MityVac, Carb kit, new rubber parts, but the one thing I don't have that I really want now is just a plain old oil can for assembly!

Found this one on Amazon for 25$ just to show you guys what I am talking about... I don't want to mess the saw up after spending all that money on new parts! But still not going to pay 25$ for an oil can! View attachment 415145

I have a few of these cans I bought decades ago. They were made in the USA. Highly recommend if still made here!