Waste motor oil as bar oil

[rogue60]

44 gallon drums of chain bar oil over this side of the ditch work out at about $3 per litre- not sure you could test run it in the ute though, maybe in the VK (or was it a VL?)?

RIP VK wasn't even my doing lol

 

[ken morgan]

i love these oil threads they go so far off course so fast that even the mods give up

 

[ken morgan]

i love these oil threads they go so far off course so fast that even the mods give up

@Broken tell me I am wrong....

 

[North by Northwest]

@Broken tell me I am wrong....

No , your pretty well spot on !

 

[Mad Professor]

With Biden's puppeteer's running the show bar oil might soon cost more than gold.

Then I'd be running drain oil

 

[bwalker]

Bar oil around here sells for $35 to $65 for 5L.
I used to use 4-5L sometimes more a day times that by 5 days that would be around $175 a week and over 7k a year! yeah I'd have to have rocks in my head to buy "Bar oil"
The cheap not Bar oils I've used over the years performed perfectly fine never a complaint always got long life out of bars.
Now day's I test run oils through my ute for 5k just to make sure it's good enough to use as Bar oil.

$35-65 for bar oil is complete insanity. I just picked up a gallon for $6 on sale.

 

[Bob Hedgecutter]

$35-65 for bar oil is complete insanity. I just picked up a gallon for $6 on sale.

That is nothing, bar oil is cheap when you have to pay $2:65 a litre for 91 octane.
Believe me, I tried running my saws on 40:1 with used gas- the performance just isn't there!

 

[bwalker]

That is nothing, bar oil is cheap when you have to pay $2:65 a litre for 91 octane.
Believe me, I tried running my saws on 40:1 with used gas- the performance just isn't there!

Again, obscene. I can't understand how you guys out up with such crap. I assume most of the cost is tax?

 

[sb47]

That is nothing, bar oil is cheap when you have to pay $2:65 a litre for 91 octane.
Believe me, I tried running my saws on 40:1 with used gas- the performance just isn't there!

What is used gas?

 

[North by Northwest]

With Biden's puppeteer's running the show bar oil might soon cost more than gold.

Then I'd be running drain oil

Oh come on money bags , you can't shell out $20 bucks American for a gallon of bar oil ....seriously ? You had better be chained to the chem lab for life , your dangerous !

 

[North by Northwest]

No , your pretty well spot on !

 

[Brufab]

Probly better to fill er up with cookn oil at those prices

 

[North by Northwest]

Probly better to fill er up with cookn oil at those prices

Cookn oil will better protect your investment & health & environment & better achieve a better end product !

 

[rogue60]

Cookn oil will better protect your investment & health & environment & better achieve a better end product !

If it works good as bar oil I'd be all for it I might go see the local fish and chip shop to see what eco friendly used oils they need disposing of.

 

[Frank Chandler]

For me I like the dark color of use motor oil because I can see the oil splatter that lets me know the oiler is working. I also like that it's free and is a good way of putting a waste oil to one last use, because lets face it, most people do not recycle there used motor oil.

I swear by rock drill oil - check your Texaco or Chevron dealer. It’s about 40-weight in viscosity but the additives make it stick to the chain. Comes in 5-gallon buckets so it lasts a while once you spring for it.

 

[sb47]

I swear by rock drill oil - check your Texaco or Chevron dealer. It’s about 40-weight in viscosity but the additives make it stick to the chain. Comes in 5-gallon buckets so it lasts a while once you spring for it.

I don't know what that is, besides used motor oil is free and what I have been using for many years with no issues what so ever.

 

[arto_wa]

I just drained 30 gallons of used Mobilfluid 424 hydraulic / transmission oil from a boom lift and have been wondering how to put it to some use - perhaps chainsaw bar oil is one of them?
Should probably pour in little bit of STP additive to make it sticky!

Cheers

 

[vizette]

I swear by rock drill oil - check your Texaco or Chevron dealer. It’s about 40-weight in viscosity but the additives make it stick to the chain. Comes in 5-gallon buckets so it lasts a while once you spring for it.

Huh, never heard of that, but google has. Learn somethin' new every day... It's about what I expected based on the name, but I don't like to assume. Thanks for the tip!

https://www.walmart.com/ip/Air-Tool-Rock-Drill-Oil-5-Gallon-Pail-18L-4-75-GAL/759764021

 

[OM617YOTA]

That's over $10/gal. Actual bar oil is $6/gal with careful shopping.

No thank you.

 

[sb47]

I just drained 30 gallons of used Mobilfluid 424 hydraulic / transmission oil from a boom lift and have been wondering how to put it to some use - perhaps chainsaw bar oil is one of them?
Should probably pour in little bit of STP additive to make it sticky!

Cheers

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A littlt 90 weight gear oil will make it tacky. If you can stand the smell.