It was 7$ when I bought it. Bar oil was unobtainable at the time. Hydraulic oil was also 13$ish. So maybe saving half at that time. I got 5 gallons I believe. Still have a good bit left. Maybe 3 gallons if I dumped a couple of the open jugs together.Or they somehow got ahold of "unrefined" canola oil which polymerizes at 225F, and got their saw HOT.
Refined canola oil doesn't polymerize until 400F, and if you got anything on your saw anywhere near 400F you've got way bigger problems than some gummed up oil.
How much money are you saving on bar oil? It's $9.99 a gallon at my local farm store. The cheapest canola oil I can find is Walmart brand at $9.12 a gallon.
After using it though I’m not sure what I’ll do when I run out. Price may be the factor. At the same cost I’m not sure what I’d do. Honestly if I needed bar oil tomorrow I’d pick up a gallon of canola.
I might even pay a dollar more a gallon just to continue this experiment. Think I’ve been using it a few years now. No reason to change