What oil is best? and what ratio?

[Magnumitis]

Used vegetable oil.....does it smell like French fries or fish.......Go

Depends on the cost of the oil up front.

Throw a fresh potato in and use it again.

 

[Keith Gandy]

Ok.....if my saw lasts 5 years on my oil and has 1k hours and yours lasts 20 and has 1k hours but yours is cleaner inside, who wins?

You win . Congradulations!! Ive had a revelation and switching to Castrol 2t

 

[huskihl]

Throw a fresh potato in and use it again.

Right in the gas tank? I'm smellin what yer steppin in....I think....

 

[Keith Gandy]

Ya but the thing is keith is your saw will decompose before one oil makes a difference over the other , you arent gonna work them hard enough for it to matter..no offense bruh.

Disagree. Running these cheap oils that build carbon in the wrong places will not see 1000 hrs Id bet. Ive seen units less than a year old with less than 10hrs on them if that many gummed and plugged up from Stihl Ultra. In fact I see it almost daily because most everyone around here uses it but I make good money fixing them!!! I shouldnt tell customers any different and let them keep running the same thing ?

 

[huskihl]

Disagree. Running these cheap oils that build carbon in the wrong places will not see 1000 hrs Id bet. Ive seen units less than a year old with less than 10hrs on them if that many gummed and plugged up from Stihl Ultra. In fact I see it almost daily because most everyone around here use it but I make good money fixing them!!! I shouldnt tell customers any different and let them keep running the same thing ?

So you're calling Stihl ultra a cheap oil? First time I've heard that.

 

[RI Chevy]

Used vegetable oil.....does it smell like French fries or fish.......Go

Depends whose legs it has been between. [emoji32]

 

[Keith Gandy]

So you're calling Stihl ultra a cheap oil? First time I've heard that.

Quality or cost standpoint? It sucks in both aspects

 

[jake wells]

Wonder who blends XP?

spectrum in selmer Tennessee according to my Husqvarna rep.

 

[sawmikaze]

Disagree. Running these cheap oils that build carbon in the wrong places will not see 1000 hrs Id bet. Ive seen units less than a year old with less than 10hrs on them if that many gummed and plugged up from Stihl Ultra. In fact I see it almost daily because most everyone around here use it but I make good money fixing them!!! I shouldnt tell customers any different and let them keep running the same thing ?

Then they dont tune correctly or run some kind of trash gas..i took an old ms 250 apart that ran our local eth free gas with stihl orange stuff for 3 years commercially with probably 6 different guy pullin on the throttle with a filthy air filter..the screens werent blocked and the cylinder walls looked fine with a little brown on the top of the piston..it would still be runnin if the tank handle wasnt smashed.

 

[huskihl]

Quality or cost standpoint? It sucks in both aspects

Idk. I've heard it said quite a bit around here that you get what you pay for. I'm so confused now

 

[jake wells]

The Castrol i have and Stihl orange is probably the same oil. Castrol blends or did blend Stihl oil.

Castrol blends oil for stihl in Canada. Omni specialty packaging in Shreveport, La blends stihl oil.

 

[jake wells]

Idk. I've heard it said quite a bit around here that you get what you pay for. I'm so confused now

supertech is what i run.
my stuff doesn't die anyway it just gets stolen.

 

[jake wells]

Depends whose legs it has been between. [emoji32]

ew...

 

[RI Chevy]

I know. It was a bad post. Lol

 

[jake wells]

I know. It was a bad post. Lol

i was eating some fried fish i didn't need you to ruin my appetite LOL.

 

[jake wells]

i have burned more mix in my lawnboys than keith has burned in 5 years haha.

 

[X 66 stang347 X]

I see most the problems with saws that have barley been ran. The guys that run gallons through them have less problems. Even when when it's a home owner model Stihl.

 

[CoreyB]

Ok.....if my saw lasts 5 years on my oil and has 1k hours and yours lasts 20 and has 1k hours but yours is cleaner inside, who wins?

I do. Because I get fresh oak roasted coffee with the wood I cut. Win, win, win! Winner winner chicken dinner!

 

[jake wells]

I see most the problems with saws that have barley been ran. The guys that run gallons through them have less problems. Even when when it's a home owner model Stihl.

gas doesn't have time to go sour. my friend is logger the norm for him is 5 to 8 gallons per day and he fills the can daily with cheap pump gas.

 

[jake wells]

Husqvarna, jonsered, redmax, echo, efco, and poulan ---- spectrum lubricants
stihl ---- Omni specialty packaging
supertech mineral 2 cycle air cooled ---- warren lubricants
supertech synthetic air cooled ---- citgo
supertech tcw3 outboard ---- warren lubricants