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Hey man out of curiosity what oil and ratio do you run in your saws???
I am using K2 currently at 32:1. Prior to that I ran Red Armor. Was going to buy more Red Armor but there was none to be found locally when I needed oil.
With that said there are many good oils out there. Just stuck to a low ash air cooled oil. No boat oil!
 

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I am using K2 currently at 32:1. Prior to that I ran Red Armor. Was going to buy more Red Armor but there was none to be found locally when I needed oil.
With that said there are many good oils out there. Just stuck to a low ash air cooled oil. No boat oil!
List out some of the good oils on your list?
 

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List out some of the good oils on your list?
For bike bike oils- Maxima K2, Motorex Cross Power, Yamaha 2R and Honda Hp2.
OPE oils- Red Armor, Redmax Maxpro/ Husky XP+.
These are ones I have used that I can recommend.
With that said any JASO FD certified oil will work well. And please dont use boat oil!
I would also add Amsoil Dominator as decent based on people I trust. I dislike Amsoil as a company and have little interest in trying it out.
 

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Don't have an opinion on the company, but AMSOIL Saber (at 40:1) lubricates very well and burns clean. I use it in ALL my 2-cycle stuff.

It works well for me, so I use it. Would never claim it is the best, but it is VG.

I hear about a lot of different oils, but if this one works well for me, why switch?
 

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Don't have an opinion on the company, but AMSOIL Saber (at 40:1) lubricates very well and burns clean. I use it in ALL my 2-cycle stuff.

It works well for me, so I use it. Would never claim it is the best, but it is VG.

I hear about a lot of different oils, but if this one works well for me, why switch?
As long as it's the right type of oil and your happy why bother trying other stuff?
 

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Its semisyn HP Super.....not Ultra!

Jaso FD.....ISO L-EGD...

Dunno for Makita....I think its mineral.....but without any standards printed on the bottle...

Think that @Wilhelm praises that oil?
Run the red Makita oil at 40:1 and You'll be fine.

I have literally bough the last box full of it having been in stock in Croatia, 12x1 liter.
I am not certain whether it is mineral or semi-syntetic, but it leaves a nice oil coat on the internals and once a PH is up to work temps it burns with no to little notable smoke.
 

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In the USA oil companies can list it being full synthetic when the rest of the world would not call it synthetic. Such is the case with the Schaeffer’s 9000 above, according to the data sheet it contains group 3 highly refined mineral oil. So it’s marketing commanding a stiff price.
 

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In the USA oil companies can list it being full synthetic when the rest of the world would not call it synthetic. Such is the case with the Schaeffer’s 9000 above, according to the data sheet it contains group 3 highly refined mineral oil. So it’s marketing commanding a stiff price.
Here over the pond....Germans have such a law....that you can not label an oil as synthetic if it doesent have certain % of synthetic components....

So if german language says that it is synthetic oil then it is....
 
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