What oil is best? and what ratio?

[Redbull661]

I don't think us loggers are making any difference.

 

[jmssaws]

Is that what a Wisconsin logger looks like?

 

[Ron660]

nah dude that sht will permanently fck up yer bar n stuff.

can only use stihl ultra super duper PLATINUM grey bottle stuff! It's special owl n stuff. My dealer has it on sale for 17.49 American dollars a gallon!

I recently paid $5 per gallon for Pure Guard bar oil. Lubes as good as my orange and silver bottled Stihl bar oil....fraction of the price. It's on sale though at my local bumper to bumper auto parts store. Also $1 for a 6.4oz of 2-cycle mix oil.

 

[jmssaws]

My blade only gets synthetic blade oilView attachment 15188

This is the best Ive used. 32$ for 6 gallons

 

[KenJax Tree]

But that grey stuff is not bio-degradable! You need to spend MORE on the green bottle Stihl BioPlus bar oil which is $19.47 a gallon DSP:

Made from a vegetable oil base, STIHL BioPlus[emoji769] oil is the environmentally conscious way to keep your bar and chain lubricated. This bar and chain oil offers excellent flow characteristics, even at low temperatures, while remaining less harmful to humans and the environment when compared to traditional oils. BioPlus[emoji769] oil is also highly biodegradable, degrading by 93.8% in only 21 days, as rated by the Coordinating European Council. It’s the ideal balance of preservation and performance for green-minded users.

My Wally World canola oil is 100% biodegradable and completely harmless. It goes good on salads and for cooking french fries. The dog also likes my leaky Stihl oil flippy caps (please spill some oil, please spill some oil, please spill some oil!). Some varnish has actually built up using the Canola on the bars (that may be from using used canola french fryer oil though). Comes off with a swipe of a rag with some solvent on it. That only seems to come from bar heat though and the oil tanks and chains are clean. Its thinner than regular bar oil but I never run out even with my oily-matic settings on high.

BTW, best I can do here for regular bar oil is $9.99 a gallon. Its a rip off around these parts.

Stihl isn't any better than anyone else when it comes to sketchy marketing.

 

[jmssaws]

I seen lucas 2 smoke oil at oriellys for a dollar. 1 gallon mix

 

[Redbull661]

I ran lucas at 32:1 piston seemed pretty damn dry for that much oil in the mix. On the flip side Hp2 the piston was dripping wet at 32:1 in the same saw. Piston still nice and wet at 40:1 hp2. What I saw of lucas was enough to eliminate it from my oil test. People have used it with success. I just think there are better options for the same money.

 

[junkman]

My gas powered stihl drill ran better off amsoil than mobil 1 if anyone cares at 32 to 1 , the amsoil has a slightly more offensive exhaust smell though when i ran it in my chinese ebay fence pole auger working with face right over the exhaust.

 

[Ron660]

Pure Guard bar oil. $5 per gallon. Very sticky.

 

[Ron660]

Pure Guard is made at the same plant, OMNI Specialty Packaging, as the Stihl orange bottled bar oil and 2T oil. It's about 15 miles from my house.

 

[Deets066]

What oils are you runnin in the test @Redbull661

 

[jake wells]

i buy durex brand at the dealer it comes out of a barrel and has red dye in it $5.00 per gallon plus tax.

 

[Deets066]

i buy durex brand at the dealer it comes out of a barrel and has red dye in it $5.00 per gallon plus tax.

Does that mean it's good oil or just cheap garbage?

 

[jake wells]

oil is oil to me i run supertech when the dealer is out.

 

[huskihl]

Durex is good stuff. Junkman posted pics of it

 

[Keith Gandy]

http://msds.walmartstores.com/

 

[Keith Gandy]

Citgo makes the Wal Mart Supertech bar/chain oil http://opeforum.com/attachments/document-1-pdf.15304/?temp_hash=6427ed4744f0c6ba448c2594004f4ca0

 

[jk14]

So I've been following this thread, and I'm not feeling too warm and fuzzy about the oil I am currently running (ultra 40:1). I think I'm going to switch over to klotz from what I'm seeing here. I was gonna go for the original techniplate then I ran across klotz kl198 techniplate lite. Any thoughts on it? Anyone ran it? The only info I see about it is that it's a lighter version of the original techniplate. Link:

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&cd=13&ved=0ahUKEwiDpamzucHLAhUFmR4KHfOsBlg4ChAWCC0wAg&url=http://www.summitracing.com/parts/klz-kl-198&usg=AFQjCNGsjmaaDppeKQCSdZdmMmaM12e5Rw&sig2=jUMAx5IS1JwJlYUopPMztQ

 

[CR500]

Never heard of it or ran it.....

You may want to try R-50 as well. I have not ran enough original to tell if I like it but so far it seems to be good. I will run 40:1 after my 50:1 mix is gone. Has a decent smell running.

Have some Super Tech on the way as well

 

[Windthrown]

Is that the boss lady, or rather, the big cheese?