What's the best fuel for chainsaws?

[Maxd]

Does anybody recommend fuels for chains both tophand and normal?

And what's the go with e10 fuel does this wreck saws?

 

[Stubby]

1 minute ago, Maxd said:

Does anybody recommend fuels for chains both tophand and normal?

And what's the go with e10 fuel does this wreck saws?

 

Depleted Uranium for me ( @ 50:1 ) 🙂

[carlos]

1 hour ago, Stubby said:

Depleted Uranium for me ( @ 50:1 ) 🙂

probably works out cheaper these days!!

[Maxd]

I have been using the stihl fuel but people have been saying the aspen is good..

Where is the cheapest to get this? Or is there a better fuel?

[GarethM]

Only 50:1, bloody cheapskate.

[Maxd]

10 minutes ago, GarethM said:

Only 50:1, bloody cheapskate.

What's best then money wise etc

[GarethM]

I just use cheap E10 from the supermarket with Stihl HP red, know plenty of guys that use E10 aswell.

 

If your happy using Aspen, Stihl or whichever brand, that's upto you but I've not seen any problems but I also only buy 1-2 gallon max and don't leave it sitting around.

[trigger_andy]

I only put Premium in any of my tools or engines older than 10 years old now. Simply not worth the degradation of E10. Or the hassle of going over to Aspen for it to kill your saw and be told it was the years of running regular fuel that did it. 

[Steven P]

9 minutes ago, trigger_andy said:

I only put Premium in any of my tools or engines older than 10 years old now. Simply not worth the degradation of E10. Or the hassle of going over to Aspen for it to kill your saw and be told it was the years of running regular fuel that did it. 

 

Out of curiosity isn't converting to Aspen bad because the petrol affects the seals and rubbers (fuel pipe, carb internals and so on) and that's why it all goes wrong? Change everything but the metal and you should be OK?

[trigger_andy]

Just now, Steven P said:

 

Out of curiosity isn't converting to Aspen bad because the petrol affects the seals and rubbers (fuel pipe, carb internals and so on) and that's why it all goes wrong? Change everything but the metal and you should be OK?

Yeh, from what Ive read on here you can run you engine on Unleaded indefinitely but switching to Aspen will suddenly causes the issues you mention above. So don’t switch abd you’re good to keep running on Unleaded. Want to make the switch? Then it will kill

your saw, but it’s the petrols fault, not Aspens. 🤣

So if you really want to get bent over the barrel and run Aspen then first change out everything you suggest and get bent over twice. 
 

It’s a no from me.