How I baby my 2 stoke motors.... 30-1 instead of 50-1

[gyp69]

That must be some dirty rotten awful gas down there, maybe the Clintons are involved.

 

[North by Northwest]

Interesting. I’m in Essex. There are a few places still selling E5. I use E10 as it’s all my local garage sells. I’ve not seen Esso Supreme…will keep a lookout. I’m not so worried for my new Stihl gear but E10 probably isn’t doing my old Westwood/Briggs and Stratton sit on mower much good.

Only Esso I have ever used was Esso 101 a 4 cycle Sae.60 oil used extensively in shovelhead harleys . A premium mineral oil based product . A large number of aircraft engines were also spec'd for it also back in the day , Cessina was one manufacturer . Actually was reasonably priced ! lol.

 

[North by Northwest]

I have a 3-cylinder Yamaha 40 with oil injection, too, but I mix at least a little oil with the gas (like 100-to-1) so that at least there's SOME oil in the fuel if the oil injection setup goes belly-up.

I've heard of people having trouble with the oil injection system just scrapping it and mixing oil into the fuel at 50-to-1 like in the olden days. Works fine, from what I hear. (But I don't think it will work with Evinrude E-TECs.)

I have always ran 100:1 in my fuel on every oil injected snowmobile engine for the exact same reason . Oil injection has came a long way , with very few failures , however a little proactive xtra oil never hurts .

 

[North by Northwest]

$65 for a gallon of oil is just outrageous I’m happy with my motomaster that meets FC standards it’s now $36 for 5 litres and I will only buy it when it’s on sale.

Head across to Detroit & buy some Super-Tech $15 for a US gallon . lol.

 

[gyp69]

Hey man I watched a family Guy scene where a Canadian gave his snow machine to Brian and Stewie they were having trouble communicating with the guy they were trying to get AAA to fix there car and he had just been to AA eh, it was funny as heck! He said they needed a hose eh, Stewie said yes Jose Roberto. Funny clip, he ended up giving them his tk, leg etc he said that’s what Candadian hospitality is all about eh.

 

[camel2019]

Head across to Detroit & buy some Super-Tech $15 for a US gallon . lol.

I can get that for $23 a gallon on this side with the exchange rate don’t make sense.

 

[North by Northwest]

I can get that for $23 a gallon on this side with the exchange rate don’t make sense.

No that's $15 cdn on sale . Although even at $23 its better than what your paying $36 for . Hell lots of FD certified oils out there a lot cheaper than your stated $65 .

 

[camel2019]

No that's $15 cdn on sale . Although even at $23 its better than what your paying $36 for . Hell lots of FD certified oils out there a lot cheaper than your stated $65 .

I quoted someone who linked Motul 800 at $65 a gallon. I buy what I can where I can Canadian tire has their stuff on sale for a decent price few times a year.

 

[North by Northwest]

I quoted someone who linked Motul 800 at $65 a gallon. I buy what I can where I can Canadian tire has their stuff on sale for a decent price few times a year.

Yeah , Motul & Maxima are quality oil , just way to expensive . I believe C/T still has Shell 2T if so , you can't get much better than it for your saw usage . Anyhow good luck bro !

 

[Iffykid]

Commercial fellers go through a lot of gas . Conditions are rather dirty . I myself change or clean fuel filters probably every few years . To ensure and maintain proper tune , both air filter & fuel filter must be in good condition .

Even back in the day when making a living with a saw the most I did was once a month rinse tank with raw gas and dump, Tapped out the air filter daily and blew clean with air couple times per week.

 

[North by Northwest]

Even back in the day when making a living with a saw the most I did was once a month rinse tank with raw gas and dump, Tapped out the air filter daily and blew clean with air couple times per week.

Thats more than the recreational saw user does . Very proactive of you . I also relied on firewood cutting growing up on a 320 acre farm in Northern Ontario. I learnt at a relatively young age the benefits of maintaining & operating equipment efficiently . That included tractors , backhoe & bulldozer & dump truck . We normally burnt 10-12 cords of hardwood annually along with a few cords of spring & fall cedar & pine slabwood or tailings from a neighbours saw mill. I believe were at about the same age decade wise , where the norm was to repair & reuse rather than simply replace . I had numerous friends that were commercial cutters , they went through 5 times the fuel & oil that we did & serviced their equipment religiously , much more than i did because downtime meant lost $$ not just inconvenience . I hope you still enjoy your time out cutting ...i still do , just at a more leisurely pace !

 

[sawfarmer]

Ju

Run whatever oil ratio you want...why do we need a thread on it though?

Just to see what other fellers are using ?

 

[North by Northwest]

Ju

Just to see what other fellers are using ?

Yeah !

 

[EchoRomeoCharlie]

Ju

Just to see what other fellers are using ?

Literally everything. Plus, there are about 87 million oil threads ALREADY hashing this out on this and every other power equipment forum out there....a quick google search would show you 4 years worth of reading on the subject.

 

[Chevboy0167]

Guess we can't stop a good thing going..... (end of sarcasm)....

 

[ihookem]

Merc TCW3 in my outboards @ 50/1 , I can find it literally anywhere . Amsoil Saber 64/1 in my air cooled 2 strokes. Shell Rotella in my diesel and change it when the "change oil light comes on. My cars get changed when the change oi light comes on with the cheapest stuff on sale and likely just a brand called Resolute from Fleet Farm. That's my final answer and I am never going to read another oil thread again. Honest.

 

[Piotr Pakuła]

Shell is the best I don't know which one ;-)

 

[Iffykid]

Thats more than the recreational saw user does . Very proactive of you . I also relied on firewood cutting growing up on a 320 acre farm in Northern Ontario. I learnt at a relatively young age the benefits of maintaining & operating equipment efficiently . That included tractors , backhoe & bulldozer & dump truck . We normally burnt 10-12 cords of hardwood annually along with a few cords of spring & fall cedar & pine slabwood or tailings from a neighbours saw mill. I believe were at about the same age decade wise , where the norm was to repair & reuse rather than simply replace . I had numerous friends that were commercial cutters , they went through 5 times the fuel & oil that we did & serviced their equipment religiously , much more than i did because downtime meant lost $$ not just inconvenience . I hope you still enjoy your time out cutting ...i still do , just at a more leisurely pace !

Sounds familiar to my upbringing in Northern Wisconsin following my older brother into the woods during summer break starting around 15-16 and then my boys doing the same at a similar age, Now out of commercial logging as my boys turned toward commercial tree removal and now at 62 I spend my free time getting in their way on job sites.

 

[Tomos770]

Shell is the best I don't know which one ;-)

Advance ultra 2t for my chainsaws and trimmer
Rimula R6 10w40 for my 3.0TD J9 Landcruiser

AV-L Vw504/507 5w30 for my 1.4 D4d Yaris....

 

[Campbellcontractlogging]

I had a crank sheer and split on my 661C stihl said they had never seen one do that and told me I should be able to buy a new saw every 3 months because I was a logger and it was 3 months and 1 day after I bought it needless to say I started buying echoes and huskies the 462 I think got to hot and the rings must have expanded and the rod failed ruined everything inside but it lasted like 3 years was one of the first to buy one in the Midwest.

Just curious. What often goes when your saws give up?
It’s a different world running a saw /tool for production vs me that cuts an acre or 2 every 3 years