Stihl chain oil

[TKO]

Hey guys! I just got to the end of a 5l tub of stihl chain oil and noticed there was a bunch of black sediment. Not small and granular, more like black flakes.

 

Anyone else come across this sort of thing? Is it gonna run riot with my saws?

 

gonna strain it out this time, but wondering if I should just go back to oregon?

 

Any opinions/knowledge would be sweet! Cheers

[Garyjp]

Hmmm... Mineral or veg?

Take it back and complain... Might get a free one unless u have had it 10 years!

 

 

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[TKO]

It's mineral, the synth plus stuff and Nah we've had it about 2 weeks from a local dealer.

 

Probably head in there in the morning. Cheers dude

[burrell_]

That's normal for stihl chain oil iv always used it

Iv just started buying bio oil from clarks same price and its bio so all good I can't moan about Clarks bio oil

[GregM]

I Noticed that as well, they also seem to have made recent batches much thinner, I'm getting through the stuff twice as fast.

[dan494]

Very thin, I normally use oregon but used another firms stihl oil and it is like water in comparison

[Gillsgardening]

Hi, this seem's to be the norm with stihl oil the last two 5L togs by the time I've got to the last Qtr it's full of sediment this is over about a month period!

[Pinkfoot]

Mine is the same..semi synthetic stuff

[ewd ripper]

Mines been the same here to, last few 5L seemed alot thinner than the oil from 12 months ago

Edited October 10, 2013 by ewd ripper
spelling mistake

[littlerob]

maybe the oil is thinner as for the under oilier / week flow of oil for the ms171 ms181 ms211 as have used them models and they hardly oil at all on Oregon oil