What oil is best? and what ratio?

[Clemsonfor]

I'm looking on amazon at oils. I see a Husky HP? It's a semi synthetic too? Isn't that what XP is or was and now there is XP+? What's the difference. Did the XP change to XP+ and maybe become full syn and they changed the semi syn oil name to HP to avoid confusion? I haven't run husky oil in over 5 years I bet so I don't follow it.

Edit: Nope I see xp+ is a blend????

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[bwalker]

FWIW any oil that is FD certified is a syn blend.

 

[RI Chevy]

So if an oil was not on that list that means it was not certified?
Specifically the Dolmar oil.

 

[mdavlee]

I'm sure many 2t oils could be run at 100:1 without any immediate noticeable problems.

Probably so but I’m not going to try them. Motul 800 is 60:1 or 50:1 extreme use on their site.

 

[Wood Chopper]

Lots of landscape folks i heard ran it at 100: with no problems, i have no idea why!! Even amsoil 2 stroke would be such a small part of operating expenses, i dont see why anyone would chance it. At 50:1 you useing twice as much but dang you can mix what 13 gallons or so out of a quart!! Even a 3 man crew that fuel would last them a good while!! If there that worried use whatever you can bug at walmart at 50:1 im sure it would be as good as 100:1.

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Landscape crews I can imagine are grabbing the smaller bottles and mixing them to 2.5 or 5 gallon jugs. And the bottles are multilingual. So anyone on the crew can’t mess it up. I have a ms 310 and 390 that have many many tanks on about 80:1. If something went wrong tomorrow put it this way the saws owe us nothing.


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[Clemsonfor]

The guy at the Echo dealer. He is the owner, been in there before. Was telling me he dad premix bottles. I was like I know. I want a larger one. He was like I don't like the squeeze miz bottles. I was like I know I want a quart. He is like it's a precise thing minzing. I said I use a mix bottle or up and mix at 32:1 so if I am a tiny bit off it dont matter. He said too much oil can cause problems too.... I was like yea I know but not if it's tuned right.... sure whatever just look it up is what I was thinking. I think he realized I did more than crank a saw up with an annual thunderstorm or to cut a bush down in my yard at that point.

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[Clemsonfor]

Landscape crews I can imagine are grabbing the smaller bottles and mixing them to 2.5 or 5 gallon jugs. And the bottles are multilingual. So anyone on the crew can’t mess it up. I have a ms 310 and 390 that have many many tanks on about 80:1. If something went wrong tomorrow put it this way the saws owe us nothing.


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Does Amsoil come in small ones?

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[3browns]

Echo’s powerblend is great oil

And the small bottle I got with my Echo trimmer actually has the FD

Does Amsoil come in small ones?

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Hope this doesn't get me into trouble

I HAVE NO AFFILIATION WITH AMSOIL

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[Clemsonfor]

And your right. They do use small bottles. I have friends with a landscape biz. They buy in in like packs of 24 or whatever.

I'm sure they pour it in, don't wait for the drips to stop and I'm sure don't rinse it out!

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[Wood Chopper]

And the small bottle I got with my Echo trimmer actually has the FD


Hope this doesn't get me into trouble

I HAVE NO AFFILIATION WITH AMSOIL

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Beat me to it. I am a dealer I don’t really sell it I just get it for myself and my friends and save some money over retail the little bit I do sell helps pay for my own oil


The 3.5 ounce bottle mixed to 2.5 gallons of gas comes out to be right about hundred to one I believe I have to go in the garage and check

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[Clemsonfor]

Beat me to it. I am a dealer I don’t really sell it I just get it for myself and my friends and save some money over retail the little bit I do sell helps pay for my own oil


The 3.5 ounce bottle mixed to 2.5 gallons of gas comes out to be right about hundred to one I believe I have to go in the garage and check

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Probably right that small bottle is like 80:1 with a gallon. The next bigger bottle is about 100: 1 with about 2 gallons

Doing rough math and ratios in my head.

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[RI Chevy]

I bought the 8 oz bottle to try it. Saved the bottle to reuse, as it has nice oz. markings.

 

[mdavlee]

Does Amsoil come in small ones?

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The half pint bottles are great. Dump into 2 gallons and you’ve got 32:1.

 

[3browns]

I buy it in quarts because thats what the local market sells

They actually have a display with probably 30 different Amsoil products

And yeah, the bottles have great markings and are wicked easy to accurately pour out 4 oz at a go

 

[Clemsonfor]

So is anyone running 30wt at 24:1 these days?

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[mdavlee]

Not me. I’ve run 16-20:1 Klotz in methanol and 24:1 orange bottle Stihl for flush gas.

 

[bwalker]

So if an oil was not on that list that means it was not certified?
Specifically the Dolmar oil.

Yes.

 

[RI Chevy]

TY sir

 

[Dub11]

The half pint bottles are great.

I like half pint bottles of burban, not mixed.

 

[birdmeter]

I like half pint bottles of burban, not mixed.

lol