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whats the new famdangled oil to use these days?

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  1. Freakingstang

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    :popcorn:

    I'm still on my last case of the good stuff, I have a ways to go, a quart at a time....
     
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    Oh no you didn't....... :eek: :picard:

    Awww heck, pass that popcorn would ya? :popcorn:
     
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    I think all the cool kids run used motor oil right?




    :D
     
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    wouldn't be the chainsaw place without an oil argument...

    have a beer mech...:drunk:
     
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    At 16:1 it saves me a trip to the storm drain and keeps the bugs away while I'm cuttin'......
     
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    OIL THREAD!!!!
     
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    I was just curious what everyone was using these days.. I run what I run. Its worked since the very first oil thread I ever saw on the interweb... it doesn't smell as good as the stuff I used in the bike days, though.
     
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    I'm currently running AMSOIL Dominator @ 40:1. I hear all the cool kids like Belray H1R at 32:1 tho.
     
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    ah, bellray huh? I'm not a cool kid.
     
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    I use silver bottle stihl cause I buy a pack every time I buy a new toy :D

    Nothings exploded yet :pete:
     
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    I'm still using Stihl's Silver bottle...at 32:1 ratio...:cool:
     
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    Still Redline for you Steve?
     
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  14. JustWood

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    I bought 2 cases of pennzoil quarts 2 stroker lube at an auction 5 years ago for like $17 or some obscene cheap amount. Works great.
    There was a early 80s date on the cases.
    Does that count as true Dino oil????
     
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    negative batman. ran one bottle years ago and it separated and attracted moisture. I love the smell of klutz, but never ran it in anything other than the zebra and 375 from eric years ago. I run stuff that isn't available anymore. not sure how it will react with ethanol tho. I have one place out by me that has no E fuel and I try to run it in everything.
     
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    Maxima k2 right now. Seems to leave a very..... very good film of oil. Not sure about how clean it is yet. Bel ray is very good but smells awful to me. It is very clean burning. I can smell it when I go to bed. The bike oils are recommended to be ran @ 32:1.
     
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    I'm using maxima k2 now myself. I might go back to original techniplate when I run out.
     
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    I have 3 gallons of castrol 2T Snow from back when I was a snowmobile mechanic. Been toying with Stihl HP Ultra. All mixed 32:1
     
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    IMO
    The synthetics lubricate better , in turn the saw runs cooler.
    I went with Amsoil Saber & mix 40:1
    saw manufacturer ( with the EPA pressuring them) calls for 50:1
    Smokeless, has fuel stabilizer in it, less carbon build up.
    If you are going to run a 50:1 mix, synthetic would be my 1st choice
    40:1 mix can go in all my 2 cycle stuff, burns clean, no smoke & no odor

    Amsoil 2cycl1.JPG Amsoil 2cycl2.JPG Amsoil Saber Data.jpg Hypo 4 oil.JPG
     
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    Lucas 32:1
     
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