I'm supposed to cut in the morning. I went thrugh my gear tonight and when it came to checking/adding some bar oil I ran into this. I use husqvarna bar oil, when I added some to fill the port it was like old glue coming out of the glue pot. I quickly started it and ran it but it seems like the bar oil would not show. The temps at the time were about 15 deg above. Should I empty the bar oil resevoir and try something else? I don't want to wreck the bar and chains with the oiler unable to put out some bar oil
Let it run at idle a couple minutes. Warm up time in cold weather for 2 cycles (well any engine) is important. The bar oil tank gets warm & the cold oil will warm up when the saw is running. Mine does that on cold days, just let it warm up. Should be fine. May no sling oil like you are used to seeing, until the bar & chain warm up. Oil tank actually gets hot when running at full RPM for a few minutes. I keep the oil inside the PU on cold days, it stays a little more pourable. Keep the saw in the heated cab until ready to start & run.
Do you have any Canola oil? Mix it 50/50, or do as Dave suggested. Or bring saw and oil in the house tonight. This will get everything up to temp and running (thinning) well. Keep the bar oil in the truck cab to stay a little warmer (thinner). Or, last resort would be run 100% Canola oil or stop by your local Stihl dealer and buy their Winter blend bar oil. Husq only has thick or thick. Stihl has thick (Summer) and thin (Winter). But Canola won't hurt a thing either if a Stihl dealer isn't around. Good luck cutting and looking forward to some pics tomorrow.
That Stihl winter weight is good stuff. Poured great yesterday out of a cold bottle. It was 9℉, wind chill of -2℉.
I brought it in this am, quick warm up and off I go. Thanks all for the advice. Will stop in to Stihl dealer for winter oil later today.
I switched to the red bottle from Tractor Supply. I think it's Jonsen, the brand of chainsaw they sell too... It's a red fluid, but much more purible at these temperatures.
What ever oil you used, That's the best picture of the year so far of wood cutting ! Over a thousand words >>>>>>> Great picture !
Indeed a great picture of the wood you've cut - equally impressive is the pile of trees waiting to be cut!
Appreciate the kind words fellas. Tomorrow's pics won't be so nice, all the nice logs will have 18" of snow on them. I'm actually trying to figure out how I'm gonna finish this. The trail off the main road only goes in about 100' but I don't think the truck can get there with the snow.
I actually went with Dex's advice on the canola oil. The only problem was the husky oil already in it wouldn't mix with the already cold oil. It took about 30 mins for the saw to run normal with warmed up oil. After that she ran well all day.
Beech, red & white oak and birch, not sure of the variety of birch though. It has a silver and graphite kind of coloring to it. Milky white end grain.
