Quick Bar oil tank filling?

[5backacres]

What's every one use for quick filling of the bar oil tank without a lot of mess.? I was just given a 23 compact Husqvarna that has a very small bar oil fill hole and a Poulan wild thing that is a tight squeeze to fill. The rest of my Stihl saws aren't a big problem. I'm thinking of using a 1 pint restaurant ketchup bottle and cut the spout short? But as my vision declines I always get some bar oil overflow. I have a Husqvarna oil/gas tank but the spout obscures the hole when I'm trying to fill it.
Any Ideas?

I've gone to spraying the motorcycle mud and dust clear coat on the chainsaw filling port areas and that really helps to keep them clean. The clear coat also works well to keep the allen hex head bolt recess on the Woodmax chipper blade bolts from being plugged with wood dust.. When sprayed on the chipper fly wheel reduces the sap and dust from accumulating

 

[Marley5]

Pictured in center is a Lucas oil bottle, been using it for years.

 

[Bob Hedgecutter]

I litre (yes we use metric!) gear oil bottles come with a pull out tube to reach hard to reach/small aperture places- one of them would work refilled with bar oil, when its near overflowing- pinch the tube closed and remove, turn upright and remaining oil will flow back into the bottle, push the tube back home and screw the lid on.

 

[moxiemaul]

But isn't the bar oil and gas spill on the truck tailgate traditional?

 

[nedsim]

I use a liquid laundry detergent jug with this type of spout.

https://www.thespruce.com/thmb/Ra6-...26598-03-1e8c0de935834e21871f47f6f92dd931.jpg

I also tried them for fuel mix, and they work well for a while, but the caps swell and become hard to unscrew and replace.

 

[holeycow]

Don't worry. Overfilling bar oil all over the place is "a thing". Damn messy thing.

It happens far less often when I use a litre oil can with a little spout cap on it like the lucas bottle example above.

I poured out of the gallon jug for years. Stupid! Then I grew up and grew a brain. Now for many more years I've been pouring that jug into smaller containers. Rarely do I make a mess now, but it's bar oil after all. It's bred to get all over the place. It's way worse in the cold.

PS. The echo winter stuff I bought is colorless and nothing special and kinda pricy. Had I known it had no color I wouldn't have bought it, and I won't buy any more. Mix oil and bar oil should have color. I mixed the echo stuff with some colored stuff and then I could see it.

 

[holeycow]

Oh, and to answer the title question; No. It can't be done.

 

[heimannm]

I get these spouts at the local Menards stores for less than $2.00 each if I recall, they fit either quart bottles or gallon jugs.



They certainly make filling the oil tank on a 600 Series McCulloch much easier and with little mess.

Mark

 

[Chainsaw Pete]

https://www.amazon.com/BRIGHTFROM-Condiment-Squeeze-Bottles-Squirt/dp/B09FVCRK8V/ref=sr_1_

But I too use a gear oil bottle.

 

[J D]

There's been a few threads on this topic over the years.
Here's what I use...

 

[5backacres]

Thanks for all the great ideas. I'd thought about using a salad dressing bottle but there's no spout, Saw a lysol toilet bowl container might work. I use the no spill gas cans for my mix but if you don't vent it before use they make a mess... still better than the crummy cheap gas tanks with the "controlled spout you have to push against the port you're pouring into. No Menards around here but I'll go online
Steve multiple Stihl yard and garden toys, ms 500 I , 038 mag ll, 021, 023, Poulan wild thing, husky 23 compact, Wood max and Bearcat pto chippers

 

[Mad Professor]

Qt Gear oil bottle or large pop up top dish detergent bottle.

If you have to fill from the gallon jugs, just puncture a small screwdriver hole in the foil seal under the cap. Comes out only as fast as you squeeze the jug. Can do this with no mess at all.

 

[TreePointer]

I put a gear oil spout on my bar oil jug. Cut the hose to the length you want, or just get rid of it.

https://www.walmart.com/ip/Hyper-To...0106/636907435?classType=REGULAR&from=/search

 

[muddy42]

5l of Oregon bar oil comes in a bottle that pours really well. No extra nozzles or funnels needed, so I just use that. I refill them from larger 25l cans.

Combi cans are OK, but they never last forever and you don't need the bar oil tank when brushcutting for example.

 

[lewwetzel]

Another vote for the laundry detergent bottle; been doing it for years.

 

[Jay Hansen]

I use a liquid laundry detergent jug with this type of spout.

https://www.thespruce.com/thmb/Ra6-...26598-03-1e8c0de935834e21871f47f6f92dd931.jpg

I also tried them for fuel mix, and they work well for a while, but the caps swell and become hard to unscrew and replace.

I use this type jug for bar oil also. Gives the best view into the oil reservoir while filling.

 

[Sidecarflip]

I use a coffee creamer bottle myself with the label removed. Secure click cap and easy pour.

 

[5backacres]

Looked At an old thread I'd started

"Bar oil SUBSTITUTES" noticed an interest in using canola oil. Has anyone ever tried fresh unused restaurant deep fryer canola oil ? We use 5 gal jugs for french frying at out Lions food booth. Comes in 35 pound jugs approx 5 gal for $34 and I presume it completely pure. But by the gallon it's $15​

 

[TOTALCHAOS69]

I use a hersey chocolate syrup bottle.

 

[Husky77]

Husqvarna combi can, the old style was good and lasted well. The new style seems good but only time will tell, gimmicks like tool holder and chain compartment. It comes with both a screw on stopper and auto shut off for both oil & fuel. Personally the auto oil filler is too slow so I use the screw stopper spout and the auto on the fuel side. Price is around £39 Stirling = $49.23
Stihl & Oregon have similar and probably similar prices but I guess an old oil bottle will do