Chain oil alternatives???

[spudulike]

Imagine a lump of flapjack, dipped in araldite and left to bond to your chainsaw - that is bio oil that is! I have had to grind the stuff off the fins of cylinders with a 4mm drill before now - a right bar steward of a job!

If you don't mind wrecking a good saw over a period of time, carry on with the oil!

[neiln]

husqvarna manual says gear oil, ep80, if chain oil not available....so when clearing out dad's garage and I found 3 litres, in the saw it went.  I forgot how gear oil stinks of sulphur until...eeuuk!.  Ive also used up some left over 15 wt40 engine oil (mixed 50/50 with chain oil) with no ill effects.  If the viscosity is about right, and its not a drying oil, it will work fine, but any non veg oil  is a pollutant.  veg oils are drying, but many, like rape and sunflower, take a long long long long time and are likely to go rancid first. 

[nepia]

9 hours ago, spudulike said:

Imagine a lump of flapjack, dipped in araldite and left to bond to your chainsaw - that is bio oil that is! I have had to grind the stuff off the fins of cylinders with a 4mm drill before now - a right bar steward of a job!

If you don't mind wrecking a good saw over a period of time, carry on with the oil!

You still have that thing about flapjacks then... ?

[peatff]

If you put sugar in the tank with the oil you could eat the stuff when it sets, making it really environmentally friendly.

[kinderscout]

I have used rapeseed oil for 4 years now in my mill saw 880
Just take a bit more attention to cleaning.

[nepia]

That's good to hear because one of peoples' reservations about using rape oil is the fear that it doesn't reach the tip of a large bar.

[Darrin Turnbull]

http://en.oregonproducts.com/pdf/Arborol_A107105-AB.pdf

[nepia]

Looks clever stuff - 80% water when mixed for use yet magnetic and mostly biodegradable.

[Haironyourchest]

Lidl or Aldi rapeseed oil is all I've used for several years, it works fine, the Canadian forestry coission did a massive study on it and they say it's OK. On my 20" and 25" no problem, but I have a high output oil pump (ms441) on the 28" I do get dry bar, I still use it but you really have to monitor the bar, keep the oil holes clean and slow rev between cuts to get the whole thing lubed again. I would say go for regular if using a long bar. 

Edited November 21, 2018 by Haironyourchest

[kinderscout]

That's good to hear because one of peoples' reservations about using rape oil is the fear that it doesn't reach the tip of a large bar.

The pump is on full and i am using a 42 bar
Cuts 18ft to the tank.