What oil is best? and what ratio?

[jk14]

Thanks man.

isaac_welle@yahoo.com is my paypal. I can do a go fund me but they get like 5%.

this money ends up in Scott's hands (aka Tree Monkey) ...sending some mill work his way kinda thing.

Figure get like 30 guys to do $20 a pop that's $600...that shouldn't be too hard.


I have $1,500 just in chains + other $$$ elsewhere committed to this little test. So I'm kinda outta resources.

I'm kickin in $40... $20 towards the millwork and $20 towards the other stuff.

 

[bwalker]

Some piston shots through the spark plug/decomp plug holes. This saw has had about 5 litres of fuel through it. That same gooey looking glaze on the piston was on the decomp plug...I'll hold back my judgement until others tell me what they think.

Looks normal to me.

 

[Keith Gandy]

That's why the oil debate will never end. Do you want a soaking wet crankcase with bike oil or run good and tune easily with multi purpose oil? Way too many variable to call any single one the "best"

Which one will have more mechanical wear?

 

[bwalker]

you think the supertechniplate would work ok in something that runs under low speed and a continuous load

No way!

 

[KenJax Tree]

Which one will have more mechanical wear?

Who knows tuning plays a big part of the too. But that might be a drawback of wanting a saw that runs better and tunes easier vs. internal wear. What you want out of an oil is different than what someone else wants so you each have whats best to suit your needs.

Most people will never come close to wearing out a saw using Valvoline oil

 

[CR500]

Hy Ben what would you pay for a 98 RM with a fresh top end but needs bottom end work?

250 bucks lol

 

[Keith Gandy]

Who knows tuning plays a big part of the too. But that might be a drawback of wanting a saw that runs better and tunes easier vs. internal wear. What you want out of an oil is different than what someone else wants so you each have whats best to suit your needs.

Most people will never come close to wearing out a saw using Valvoline oil

It will be interesting to see Redbulls test

 

[bwalker]

That's why the oil debate will never end. Do you want a soaking wet crankcase with bike oil or run good and tune easily with multi purpose oil? Way too many variable to call any single one the "best"

Good oils aren't hard to tune and a soaked crankcase has nothing to do with a particular oil, but rather ratio and operating conditions prior to shutdown.

 

[bwalker]

Hy Ben what would you pay for a 98 RM with a fresh top end but needs bottom end work?

250 bucks lol

Not much!

 

[jake wells]

No way!

to late i bought a quart up the road at least it was cheap.

 

[jake wells]

well i have heard good and bad from this oil guess i will run 2 gallons in my stuff and see what happens.

 

[KenJax Tree]

well i have heard good and bad from this oil guess i will run 2 gallons in my stuff and see what happens.

Everyone has their own opinion.

 

[CR500]

well i have heard good and bad from this oil guess i will run 2 gallons in my stuff and see what happens.

Have not even tried yet myself,

Probably will start it at 40:1

32:1 seems to cause the the varnish looking piston, 40 or 50:1 seem to not cause this it seems. According to pictures anyways.



Sent from my non internal combustion device.

 

[jake wells]

well it said it would not mix with petroleum based oils so i mixed it with some poulan syn to see if it would mix.
and well it mixed haha.

 

[KenJax Tree]

Wait for the KA-BOOM

 

[jake wells]

Have not even tried yet myself,

Probably will start it at 40:1

32:1 seems to cause the the varnish looking piston, 40 or 50:1 seem to not cause this it seems. According to pictures anyways.



Sent from my non internal combustion device.

i already mixed two gallons of 32:1 so when i get through it i will pull the mufflers on stuff.

 

[junkman]

You guys mixing oils makes me cringe.

 

[Flatie]

Looks normal to me.

I actually thought you would say the deposits don't look that great for the run time. Would K2 actually run cleaner than what i'm seeing or relatively the same.
You've seen both run on your saws.

 

[KenJax Tree]

You guys mixing oils makes me cringe.

I don't mix oils, i lost my oil and there wasn't enough left to use just one oil in my bike so i made an R50 and Dominator cocktail.

Saber 40:1 for me

 

[stihl sawing]

I don't mix oils, i lost my oil and there wasn't enough left to use just one oil in my bike so i made an R50 and Dominator cocktail.

Saber 40:1 for me

Me neither, I pour two bottles of the ultra in and about 3 1/2 gallons of gas. don't have a clue what ratio it comes out to. been doing that for years and saws and brushcutters and blowers run good and have not needed no attention yet. All of my Stihl equipment is several years old.