Chain oil

[Farmer Tom]

Anyone else on here using cooking oil in place of the 'proper' chain oil?

 

I didn't like the idea of spraying synthetic or mineral oil around my farm, so

chose the thickest oil I could find in my local supermarket, Mazola in this case.

 

I've been using a little LIDL saw for two years now with no obvious side effects.

OK, I'm only a weekend log cutter, but I've used the saw for an estimated total of two hundred hours now and haven't seen any deterioration in the chain or the bar.

I hand-sharpen the chain (I have three, which I cycle*) with an Oregon sharpening file set.

 

When running the saw I can see the 'spray' of oil as it leaves the chain, and this shows all the way back to the bottom of the saw body. I get about a tank of oil = a tank of fuel.

 

 

*Because I'd rather swap out a blunt chain and keep cutting when I can and then spend a wet day sharpening three at once.

[Stubby]

If it works for you , as it clearly does , then good on yer !

[Peter]

I use pure rapeseed oil, about £1 a litre. Avoid sunflower or other veg oils.

[White Noise]

Yep Rapeseed for me over 2 years on the stuff now . Although I do use normal chain oil for any subbies that come in . Unless they want my special bio oil

[wood cutter]

Where can you get rape seed oil from will start using it!

 

 

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[Taupotreeman]

Started using some kind of mineral oil as bar oil. Supposedly good stuff, all the forestry gangs using it. Our husky packed up oiling until we changed back to the old variety and some of our other saws look a bit dry. Personally to convinced yet.

 

 

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[Peter]

Supermarket or cash and carry.

 

I joined Booker as they sell it in 25 litre drums.

[Farmer Tom]

I use pure rapeseed oil, about £1 a litre. Avoid sunflower or other veg oils.

 

Thanks, I hadn't thought of rapeseed oil.

Any reason I should avoid vegetable oil?

 

I did notice a smell of puke after I'd left the saw for a couple of months once....

[Ty Unnos]

Most vegetable oil sold in supermarkets is made from rapeseed oil.

 

The one to avoid is sunflower oil.

 

Just read the label and makes sure it is 100% rapeseed.

 

Also if you are switching from mineral oil don't mix the two - make sure the tank is empty of mineral before you fill with vegetable.

 

I have been using veg oil for three years no problem.

[bushtuckaman]

I've been using these two for the last 6 months on my 550, no problems and half the price. I think the asda stuff had gone up to £1.25 /litre last time I went. I've also turned the oil pump on the saw up to the highest setting

 

 

 

 

I like this stuff because it high in Omega 3 ;-)