What oil is best? and what ratio?

[Partner]

Red and green oil will clash

 

[Bjorn]

All oil is bettet than none!

 

[jakethesnake]

Still running red armor

 

[Wilhelm]

 

[thompsoncustom]

All oil is bettet than none!

True sometimes I think people forget they ran motor oil back in the day as long as you have enough oil it will be fine.

 

[Motorka]

True sometimes I think people forget they ran motor oil back in the day as long as you have enough oil it will be fine.

SO buy new 500i and run it in sae 30.

How many gallons of 2mix u use in one year ?

 

[Partner]

I would recommend gear oil to him it lubricates the bearings better

 

[59billy]

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Excellent! I am so tired of rusty snakes!

 

[bwalker]

True sometimes I think people forget they ran motor oil back in the day as long as you have enough oil it will be fine.

You ever seen videos of the old fallers running saws? They are standing in a cloud of thick smoke.

 

[RCBS]

You ever seen videos of the old fallers running saws? They are standing in a cloud of thick smoke.

No mosquito bites, at least.

 

[EFSM]

but they did not get 1000 hours out of a saw with one horsepower per kilogram or better.

 

[Wilhelm]

Those saws endured much more operator abuse without breaking down than the current stuff though!

 

[bwalker]

Those saws endured much more operator abuse without breaking down than the current stuff though!

Did they? I wasn't around 60 years ago, but I highly doubt it. Same story for cars and trucks.
I do know that snowmobiles from the early to mid 70's had pretty terrible reliability and longetivity.