best 2 stroke oil for your saw??

[TimberCutterDartmoor]

17 years in engine oil research and its effects on engines and emissions. I don't regret one minute of it. Start talking about oil and I'm there - totally obsessed with it

 

 

ps flippin miss it to be honest.

[Mozza]

What do you use John??

[tommer9]

What do you use John??

 

Good point- Ill start using that!

[Mozza]

Good point- Ill start using that!

 

Yup, Me too

[Mesterh]

I bet its the cheapest tesco stuff:laugh1:

 

"Yep its all the same oil in different bottles"

[Stihl4Life.DK]

Hi ok are you going to run with the XP oil??

 

yes why not:001_smile:

[Old WoodChip]

Husqvarna for years with good results but got some Stihl red at a good price so tried that, cant part them they both work great. Never tried the Stihl green but may do if it was a good price but until then I will be using what I got and happy with that.

 

I always used chain oil from a local Husky/Stihl dealer and found it good with good chain & bar life, then found out when he had a delivery while I was there one day that it was plain old SAE30 oil in a 45L drum, he been selling the same stuff for 20 years so it must be working.

[TimberCutterDartmoor]

What do you use John??

 

Good point- Ill start using that!

 

Yup, Me too

 

I used to use Redline as per the link above but I'm not mad on the smell of it so reverted to Stihl HP mineral! Typical innit - former engineer using basic oil! My 036 has run for 12 years on a mixture of Stihl HP and Oregon with no bother.

 

A word of caution - only use these high-end race oils in fully run-in engines! Using ultra slippery oils in new bores and on new skirts can either delay run-in or worse cause bore glazing. Use bog standard HP oil for a month then switch.

 

Buy from here: 2 stroke oil, 2 stroke engine oil

 

As I said, spent a while in the lube business and in the full synthetic world Redline products pretty much always won over the other brands, say 95% of the time. Few good products from Millers, Silkolene, AMS, Motul aswell mind!

 

We used to do a lot of fuel testing too but I'm not allowed to say which was consistently better - greenpeace wouldn't like it

[rxe]

An oil thread!

 

I use the Sthil red stuff because:

 

- I can get it pretty much everywhere (no need to make decisions and worry about oil)

- It works. Haven't blown anything up, apart from stuff that was obviously my fault

- It isn't expensive

 

On the lifespan - in the US where there is loads of alcohol in the petrol, lifespan is a few weeks at best, it just absorbs water. Over here, much longer. Yes I drain stuff at the end of the year if I'm putting it away, but while I'm using machinery, I really don't worry about it.

[tommer9]

I used to use Redline as per the link above but I'm not mad on the smell of it so reverted to Stihl HP mineral! Typical innit - former engineer using basic oil! My 036 has run for 12 years on a mixture of Stihl HP and Oregon with no bother.

 

A word of caution - only use these high-end race oils in fully run-in engines! Using ultra slippery oils in new bores and on new skirts can either delay run-in or worse cause bore glazing. Use bog standard HP oil for a month then switch.

 

Buy from here: 2 stroke oil, 2 stroke engine oil

 

As I said, spent a while in the lube business and in the full synthetic world Redline products pretty much always won over the other brands, say 95% of the time. Few good products from Millers, Silkolene, AMS, Motul aswell mind!

 

We used to do a lot of fuel testing too but I'm not allowed to say which was consistently better - greenpeace wouldn't like it