Now that the weather has cooled off a little bit, and my saws are a little stingy anyway, it seems. I suspect that the cheaper Tractor Supply oil is maybe a little thick. What's your favorite bar oil for cooler weather, not freezing cold weather, but lets say mid 30's to high 40's? This has probably been done to death but I didn't have much luck when I tried a search.
The only time I use a different oil is if the temps get down around 20* or less. I have some winter weight for that. I would suspect that at the temps you are talking about it won’t make much difference. Most of what you get at a TSC, Menards, etc. are going to be all season oils. As long as you are seeing normal oil usage I wouldn’t worry about it, unless you are scorching your bar.
As long as it will pour into your saw, it won’t matter how thick it is after a few minutes. The heat from the saw will warm the oil regardless of air temperature. That being said, the thickest I’ve ever seen was the square jugs of FVP from Menards. It would not come out of the jug at 20°. I just thin it out with kerosene or mineral spirits when it gets that cold if I don’t have any thinner bar oil to use
Seems like I've seen "winter" oil at TSC, but I don't remember. As huskihl said, I just use the same oil and it warms up and flows after the saw gets used a bit.
Like everyone else, I just use whatever, Menards or TSC. Generally the oil sits in our attached garage at around 65+f so already warm.
Ok, so lets just say that I wanted to thin out the bar oil a little bit from Tractor Supply with diesel fuel because it is the most convenient thinner for me. I just am not that impressed when I look for oil flying off of the bar when I check it. How much diesel would you add to a tank?
I use the TSC year round never had an issue. I did buy a gallon of the TSC winter weight a two years ago really didn't see much difference in usage, but as the others say once you fire up the saw the oil warms and flows.
When I go out cutting, my bar oil is in a Dawn dish detergent bottle. If I am cutting in cooler temps like what we are having now with highs in the 40's, I will put a slug of winter weight oil with the regular summer oil. Anyone else do this?
If you have a NAPA near you the jug on the right is winter weight b/c oil. Part number is on the upper right of the tag. It will be cheaper than Stihl winter weight.
They have been turned up all of the way for some time. And yes, I have cleaned the bars and oil holes. My Jonesred CS 2255 will spray some oil off of the tip of the bar, like I think it should, and the 261 not as much, and the 362 not to much at all, as it's pretty hard to detect, however I know it using some as I end up using probably 1/3 of an oil tank full to a gas tank maybe slightly more but I doubt it uses half a tank. And the chain just seems like it ought to be a little wetter.
Anything that's sticky!! and i normally dribble a little on the bar when i first start the saw up as well.
