What oil is best? and what ratio?

[RI Chevy]

Really ! HMMM. May have to make a detour over to the big city in the work truck. The town we go to from my house doesn't have an HD we only have a lowes. But the big town an hour away I am around more for work and I can swing by.

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Nothing wrong with Hooskie oil or Echo oil. They will get the job done for sure.
I just hesitate to use Walmart supertech oils. Can't bring myself to try it.

 

[Clemsonfor]

Nothing wrong with Hooskie oil or Echo oil. They will get the job done for sure.
I just hesitate to use Walmart supertech oils. Can't bring myself to try it.

I'm not scared of them. I wondered why it seemed like the Lucus mix was not as "slobbery" as the Belray or Amsoil I have used over the years. I have been more in get it done firewood mode the last 5 years since my son was born and not as much tinkering. If I had thought about it though it makes sense that it's not lube in as well now that we're talking about it and what I have seen.

It could be argued that I can't tune either. I'm not as much on yall's level even 4 levels below yall as far as knowledge. But I can tune a saw to 4 stroke and clean up once in the cut, so I think I got that part of it down...least I hope.

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[jakethesnake]

Nothing wrong with Hooskie oil or Echo oil. They will get the job done for sure.
I just hesitate to use Walmart supertech oils. Can't bring myself to try it.

I have used the cheap blue bottle. Everything lived. I heard raves about the synthetic gray bottle.
Yeah but I bought the low smoke husqvarna. I’ve used some bike oils they’re cool. They work. I might be set for this winter. I really wanted to try out the dolmar oil that was so cheap but I missed out on that deal.

When I re up I’m getting something with a stabilizer that’s about all I’m really concerned with

I’d run Walmart oil over stihl ultra

 

[Clemsonfor]

Husky LS has stabilizer in it. That's what you said you running right?

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[jakethesnake]

I'm not scared of them. I wondered why it seemed like the Lucus mix was not as "slobbery" as the Belray or Amsoil I have used over the years. I have been more in get it done firewood mode the last 5 years since my son was born and not as much tinkering. If I had thought about it though it makes sense that it's not lube in as well now that we're talking about it and what I have seen.

It could be argued that I can't tune either. I'm not as much on yall's level even 4 levels below yall as far as knowledge. But I can tune a saw to 4 stroke and clean up once in the cut, so I think I got that part of it down...least I hope.

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Honestly I wasn’t tinkering either. Just cutting up a tree. But the proof is in the pudding. Lost compression. In that picture you can see where the piston just touched the roof of the cylinder. Sloppy bearing. Dry dry bearing.

 

[NeSurcaster]

What oil smells the best ? I tried some vp 40:1 premix and it smelled like a top fuel dragster, which i liked but dont trust it to really be 40:1 in my ported saws. I tried some generic semi sythetic oil mixed at 40:1 with e-free and it smelled like burning gear oil/dog crap.

Yea I noticed the drag strip smell too, kinda liked it. I bought a gallon of the vp 50:1 premix the other day for saw storage. I filled my oil/fuel mix measure r cup up to the 50:1 line w/ the premix then filled it up to the 32:1 line w/ some echo red armor. Hopefully I achieved the 32:1 out come I was looking for.

 

[jakethesnake]

Husky LS has stabilizer in it. That's what you said you running right?

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Yes

 

[RI Chevy]

I do oil cocktails too. But I am going to try straight up single oil this time around.

 

[jakethesnake]

With stabilizer those were run with this stuff It works

 

[RI Chevy]

Looks good Jake.

 

[bwalker]

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Hey wondering if any of you guys have experience (good or bad) on the husqvarna XP+ mix oil? The company I just came to work with supply all of the mix oil and this is what they have, I’ve never used this particular stuff before. Thanks for any info you guys can give.

I'm sure it will be at a minimum decent stuff.

 

[mdavlee]

Kinda blend is goin in there?

It’s just a synthetic. No castor. The super is 20% castor. R50 smells ok but is real strong fumes

 

[mdavlee]

Kinda blend is goin in there?

It’s just a synthetic. No castor. The super is 20% castor. R50 smells ok but is real strong fumes

 

[danimal]

I have used the cheap blue bottle. Everything lived. I heard raves about the synthetic gray bottle.
Yeah but I bought the low smoke husqvarna. I’ve used some bike oils they’re cool. They work. I might be set for this winter. I really wanted to try out the dolmar oil that was so cheap but I missed out on that deal.

When I re up I’m getting something with a stabilizer that’s about all I’m really concerned with

I’d run Walmart oil over stihl ultra

I'd run HD 30wt before stihl silver bottle..

 

[Clemsonfor]

I'd run HD 30wt before stihl silver bottle..

Wow, yall really don't like that stuff!

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[danimal]

Nope...put in mix and let sit for 30 days and it bout disappears..
I'm not the only one here that doesn't trust it.

35-40 yrs ago we ran 30wt. 16-1.
Then 2stroke oil came around.
Special additives, run at 32-1.

Then EPA says you 2stroke guys pollute 2much, make it 40-1 then 50-1.

I run full syn dertbike oil @ 32-1 in efree fuel. Saws luv it, last fer evaa!
Plus it pisses off butthurt snowflakes in my hood.
Dey all B knowing whatz I be running,
Smells like derttrack parfume..

 

[Clemsonfor]

Nope...put in mix and let sit for 30 days and it bout disappears..
I'm not the only one here that doesn't trust it.

35-40 yrs ago we ran 30wt. 16-1.
Then 2stroke oil came around.
Special additives, run at 32-1.

Then EPA says you 2stroke guys pollute 2much, make it 40-1 then 50-1.

I run full syn dertbike oil @ 32-1 in efree fuel. Saws luv it, last fer evaa!
Plus it pisses off butthurt snowflakes in my hood.
Dey all B knowing whatz I be running,
Smells like derttrack parfume..

When people ask why I don't run what saw maker says at 50:1 I said it wasn't that many years they said 40:1. And when they went to 50 ot was just an epa thing. The same saws were made each year with the same oils so why all of a sudden can they run at 50:1?

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[Loanstar]

Which dirtbike oil do you use?

 

[Moparmyway]

Lucas...

Kevin had some similar bad results from lucas too.
@Moparmyway
Left saw very dry inside.

Worst crap I've ever used


The wetness that is seen is after I squirted some mix into the exhaust port after seeing how dry everything was

 

[RI Chevy]

Thanks for piping in Sir! [emoji106]
We are trying to save saws, 1 mix at a time! [emoji16]