anti fling oil

[glenwright]

Hi I'm new to this site, can you use a mixture of hypoid gear oil and engine oil to make up anti fling oil for guide bar usage?
what is the ingredient in comercially bought chainsaw oil that gives it "anti fling"
its just that I have a 45gall drum of tractor universal oil and the same of hypoid
regards
glen

 

[DanManofStihl]

anti fling

The anti fling your are talking about is tack. It is put into bar oil to make it stay on their better at high speeds. Most bar oil is nothing but a 100 wt oil with tack added to it. You might be able to get away with using the gear oil but it miight be harder on your oil pump. That would be my bet.

 

[Crofter]

There are threads here half a mile long on the pro's and con's of different oils for bar lube. The only thing seems hasn't been suggested is bear grease! I have use Hypoid or EP oil and it stinks severely on your clothes etc. Whatever we use as bar oil we wind up with some of it on the inside us as well as out! Bar oil is a small part of the cost of operating; I wonder if it is a worthwhile place to penny pinch. Do a search on " bar oils "

 

[glenwright]

Thanks Frank,
Forgot about the STINK side of it, just remembered my son, he changed his gear box oil and used my gortex jacket to lie on. it got covered in the stuff, can't get rid of the smell
think I will Knock that idea in the head!

 

[johncinco]

I use vegie oil any more. Not bad for man nor beast, and I go home smelling like french fries.

 

[glenwright]

will veggie oil stick round to the cutting side of the guide bar or just shoot off the tip? vegetable oil is thin over here (you can run a pick up on it, but we have to pay tax as well!!!

 

[johncinco]

Its kinda one of those "what ifs" that have been discussed to death. There was some talk about it, and someone said they were doing it, so I gave it a try and have not had any problems. Just one of those things I said Why Not try and see. Havent worn out any bars or chains using it. Then again, I am not out in the woods every day making a living with my stuff either.

What led me to think it was OK, was that a "pro" on here explained it this way, oil is going to fling off no matter what. When it does it carries some of the crud along with it. If it did not, you saw, rails, chain would continue to accumulate crud on it. It also carries away some of the heat with it as well. Your saw should be pumping out oil on a constant basis anyway. If its not, then its not pumping Any type of oil, so whats the diff.