veggie oil on long bar??

[welwell]

Hello all

 

Thanks to Justin @ FR for the 660 on friday, great price and a great day out in Cirencester!!

 

Question is, I've been running the veggie oil on the saws now for 6 months or so, no negative reports this far, but I wonder if it's advisable on the 36 inch bar that I got at the show.

 

Do you boys who use veggie (rapeseed) oil on their bars use it on all lengths??

 

Just a wonderin'???

 

Cheers

[Clark Forest]

We've got plenty of harvester lads that are using Bio chain oil on 90cm harvester bars with no problems, many of them actually prefer it to normal chain oil.

 

Is it Bio oil that you're using or literally just standard veggie / cooking oil!?

Edited January 22, 2011 by Steve Bullman

[welwell]

I actually mean veggie oil from tescos but thanks for the link that seems like a really well priced bio-oil

 

Would you ship that down to Kent??? Might take 10l off you.

[Clark Forest]

Kent, sure - no problem at all.

 

Either PM me your number or give us a quick bell and someone will sort you out.

 

Cheers

James

[Mozza]

Id use decent stuff on bigger bars mate, The veg stuff tends to "spit" off the end of the bar, Not coating the underside properly. Well thats what i found when i used cheap oils in the past

[Arbgirl]

I thought that straight veg cooking oil from Tescos did not cling to the chain well enough and that there was a problem with "fling"

 

I understood bio chain oil to be special chain oil designed to cling to the chain and not fly off like normal veg oil?

 

I would be interested to hear if straight veg oil from Tescos will be fine for my saws as buying proper bio chain oil is much more expensive.

[Mozza]

I thought that straight veg cooking oil from Tescos did not cling to the chain well enough and that there was a problem with "fling"

 

I understood bio chain oil to be special chain oil designed to cling to the chain and not fly off like normal veg oil?

 

I would be interested to hear if straight veg oil from Tescos will be fine for my saws as buying proper bio chain oil is much more expensive.

 

 

Stock chain oil will "cling" to the chain/bar aswell, The bio stuff is just better for the environment

[Arbgirl]

Yes, I realise that - I try to use bio oil when I can get it (as I work for an Environmental company) - I have heard of people using veg oil from Tescos as chain oil but was told that it flings off the chain so is not suitable for bar/chain lubrication

 

If people have been happily using cooking oil for bar/chain lube then I will start using cooking oil instead of biodegradable chain oil

[Alinicoll]

I use it on my smaller saws but not with the bigger ones.

 

There was a thread on one of the US forums about using rapeseed oil. There were guys on there using it for a long time.

[welwell]

Exactly, I've used rapeseed on the smaller bars now for over 6mths and had no problems, I think that for the longer bars I might give some of the proper gear a go.