Bar Oil

[Jeff Lary]

I bought 12 gallons last summer at TSC when it went on sale, it was summer weight, and I only cut in the winter, so this summer weight was too thick to use in 20* weather. So, I pour off a little in something about a cup I guess, then I put 1 cup of Diesel Fuel into the jug and shake. Thins it about the right amount for my usage.

 

[walnutman]

I've never had issues with it before, even below freezing, but the stihl silver jug bar oil seems to be gumming up really bad before it even leaves the bar cover. It seems to make the oiling inconsistant and my tip is getting hot or there doesn't seem to be enough oil on the cutting edge of the chain. I know its not to tight. Anyone had issues with this before?

I use used motor oil. Yes it's thin but they charge too much for bar and chain oil.

 

[walnutman]

Used motor oil is a well known carcinogen. Just saying, we'll not be using it.

Are you drinking it? Oh... you get some in the cut and burn it? Give me a break.

 

[RandyT]

Are you drinking it? Oh... you get some in the cut and burn it? Give me a break.

Everybody knows that everything and everybody from California causes cancer

 

[Little Red Tractor]

Having had a fairly large assortment of leftover oil--a bit of this, a bit of that, and a little of something else--I only buy bar oil when run out out of the mix and match...and buy the cheapest stuff I can find. Over many years (since the mid-1970s) and several saws of several manufacturers, I've never had a problems. It does sound like a contaminated container, a bad batch, or a failing delivery system.

 

[RandyT]

Had issues with the Rural King bar oil years past with it destroying the plastic oil pump gear in Poulan saws in the winter because the stuff would poor about like molasses, and had about the same sheen. Almost would look like it had shiny crystals in it.

 

[Mtsoxfan]

I've only bough 2 new chainsaws in my lifetime. I've had plenty of small giveaways, couple that Pop picked up free/very cheap and never had an issue with used oil. I don't cut for a living, maybe a few wood stove wood each year, about 3-4 cord.
Yes, I know that maintenance is important, but for my use, new or used, used oil works good enough. I've only replaced 1 bar, and that was on a new saw. I damaged tip, and it jammed with sawdust often. It's not the price of new oil, it's the "make do with what you have" mentality I grew up with.

 

[AnotherBueller]

I've never had issues with it before, even below freezing, but the stihl silver jug bar oil seems to be gumming up really bad before it even leaves the bar cover. It seems to make the oiling inconsistant and my tip is getting hot or there doesn't seem to be enough oil on the cutting edge of the chain. I know its not to tight. Anyone had issues with this before?

Local old timer saw mechanic ( he's a master stihl mechanic per the diploma on the wall) told me once that he won't use the silver label stuff and advised me to so.

 

[RayIN]

562xp with a xlight 24" bar. Its turned up all the way. It was probably around 20 degrees.

Reset the oil pump adjustment to the middle, observe output before making another change. My electric chain saw is set to approx. 1/3 and IMO is still pumping too much. Oil weight is the determining factor, once you set the pump for a certain oil weight leave it alone and buy the same weight oil again.
I once watched a guy sawing, and the nose of the bar was turning blue. It was hard to keep my mouth shut until he asked for my opinion.

 

[ArlyA]

You guys jinxed me! Was running out of Blue stihl oil and my dealership was out, so I ran to the locale TSC store and got their brand of winter bar oil. At 10 degrees it ran like molasses....