Every one has a favorite oil and mixture. Let us not get into that. If I am somewhere that has not the best,and I pick up something that says good for 2 cycle air cooled egines, will it hurt my saw? We are not talking about optimum performance,less smoke and that other stuff. Simple question,can I use the cheap oil in a pinch for air cooled engines and not hurt the saw.
Is any oil for 2 cycle air cooled good
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begleytree
H. sapiens moderatus
Sure.
Just don't use the stihl mix oil too much
-Ralph
Just don't use the stihl mix oil too much
-Ralph
Stihl 041 super
ArboristSite Operative
sure
Sure you can but youre gonna have mix it pretty heavy though.
Sure you can but youre gonna have mix it pretty heavy though.
Newer saws are a little more fussy about deposits that lower quality oil may leave
GASoline71
Mr. Nice Guy
My thought exactly. I have used ONLY Stihl oil for my saws. No probs here!
tony marks
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in my opinion u would be safe using an unknown 2 cycle in a pinch. then when u can switch out an go to your preferred brand ,that works for u. stihl ,husky or echo are always safe for stock motors.. imo. but if u saw is modified. id use mx2t or an good synthetic,, like it
at 32-40 to 1.. this works well for me.
at 32-40 to 1.. this works well for me.
Stihl 041 super
ArboristSite Operative
castrol
Stihl mix is castrol. I used castrol super snowmobile oil in my snowmobile and it scored the crap out of my nakasiled cylinders. My sled is a triple and their
not cheap to rebuild. Also I had it set a little rich. It also smoked like a bugger.
Stihl mix is castrol. I used castrol super snowmobile oil in my snowmobile and it scored the crap out of my nakasiled cylinders. My sled is a triple and their
not cheap to rebuild. Also I had it set a little rich. It also smoked like a bugger.
Stihl 041 super
ArboristSite Operative
nope
Just freshly rebuilt. and broken in correctly. only had gotten 300 miles on it
and its cylinders were scored to bits. also it smoked like a grease fire. so I had enough oil goin to it.
Just freshly rebuilt. and broken in correctly. only had gotten 300 miles on it
and its cylinders were scored to bits. also it smoked like a grease fire. so I had enough oil goin to it.
begleytree
H. sapiens moderatus
It was a joke.
trolling for a bite.
For the question, I'd rather have the wrong oil in something, than no oil in it.
-Ralph
trolling for a bite.
For the question, I'd rather have the wrong oil in something, than no oil in it.
-Ralph
GASoline71
Mr. Nice Guy
Not bad Beg, not too bad at all.
Gary
Gary
spacemule
The Peanut Gallery
Yup, had to be the oil, not the rebuilder.Stihl 041 super said:
It is possible to overdo the oil and some deposits could have broke loose and raised heck, especially if you did a fair amount of idling. You take a sparkplug out and its all caked up with crud you think that maybe the rest of the combustion area may look like that?
GASoline71
Mr. Nice Guy
ALWAYS the oil....................
