Posted by LJD on February 23, 2012 at 04:56:37 from (75.213.223.162):
In Reply to: Chain saw bar oil? posted by JayinNY on February 22, 2012 at 16:51:47:
I've been cutting wood for almost 50 years. 20-40 full cords of hardwood every spring-summer-fall. I have never paid a penny for bar oil. I've used nothing but used motor oil. I have never had any premature wear problems - not even on my 32" hardnose bars.
I heard tons of negative nonsense about motor oil being no-good. Kind of funny considering all the new bars customers bought from us over the years - and they used only the "best" bar oil. Many of those bars I took home and they worked fine. A mis-sharpened chain often wound up with a bar getting the blame. I still have a stack of 30-40 bars from the first Stihl/Homelite/Deere dealership I worked at in the late 1960s.
I must admit that I feel a little guilty pouring used black diesel motor oil into a new shiny saw - but that guilt wears off pretty fast.
I DID have a bar-oil problem recently. That in John Deere (EFCO) pro 56 cc saws with 20" bars. It wasn't the oil though. The oil holes in the bars are drilled too small and plug very easy.
I will never use any bio oil simply because it goes bad and rots when it sits too long. I've got several remote properties -some 1000 miles from home. They all have many chainsaws and I'm not going to be draining all my saws when stored. I learned that lesson a long time ago when I greased my dad's fishing reel with peanut butter.
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