Advice on chain oil

[Sawted]

Any advice guys please I have a 044 stihl and need some chain oil does it matter what make it is?

[dan494]

No. .

[Stubby]

No. .

 

And if I could just add ......No.

[felixthelogchopper]

What does matter is the site you plan to use it on. Some sites I work on insist on biodegradeable oil, not mineral.

[treesrus]

i use vegetable oil from aldi or lidl.

[Sawted]

Cool get the message guys thanks lol I'll go for bio then it safer all round

[David Heaf]

i use vegetable oil from aldi or lidl.

 

I considered using veg oil but was concerned that it may form deposits in the oil tank, pump or oilways when the saw is left unused for several months at a time. Do you have any issues like that?

 

Also, I read that the biodegradeable oils such as the the one Bosch sells for their AKE range of electric saws, and which seems not to come cheaper than £9 a litre, have stabilisers and anti fling additives.

[spudulike]

Some Bio oils dry to form a glue like gunge that is a right bugger to get off engine parts. I hate this stuff and it is almost impossible to get it off a saw once it has hardened. If you use one, make sure it is one that doesn't go solid as I have seen chains welded in to bar rails with the stuff....not good!

[Haironyourchest]

I considered using veg oil but was concerned that it may form deposits in the oil tank, pump or oilways when the saw is left unused for several months at a time. Do you have any issues like that?

 

Also, I read that the biodegradeable oils such as the the one Bosch sells for their AKE range of electric saws, and which seems not to come cheaper than £9 a litre, have stabilisers and anti fling additives.

 

The bio oils that you mix with water will royally screw up the workings if left too long - total disaster. I been using straight lidl rapeseed oil - not sunflower - Rapeseed (they sell it as "vegetable oil" this will not cause any problems if left for month in the saw. Cheaper by far then the regular bio oil, which is just rapeseed with tackifyer. It will attract mice and rats though, so hang your saw high and don't leave empty bottles lying around. If you decant it into a rule/oil can, hang that as well or the'll chew through the plastic. The canadian forestry sector has done a pile of research on pure rapeseed oil in saws and they agree that its the best lubricant - superior to mineral oil - the only caveat being that on very long bars you do want to involve a takifyer. I have used it on a 28" bar without problems.

[luftwaffe]

Right, so who sells the takifyer?