synthetic oil question

[scottr]

Bump...someone must know if this oil is crap or not. I know its not a 200 dollar 272xp but help me out

Universe , I think that if you'll do a search you'll find that the Stihl oil sold in canada was bottled by Castrol a few years back . I think it was that famous canadian logger that revealed the information .

 

[Universe]

Thanks! I'm out firewood cutting now with my 353 and wanted to check before running the saw hard for longer periods.

 

[bwalker]

[QUOTEUniverse , I think that if you'll do a search you'll find that the Stihl oil sold in canada was bottled by Castrol a few years back . I think it was that famous canadian logger that revealed the information .
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not eaxctly top secert info as Stihl oil sold in Canada has the Castrol logo right on the bottle.

 

[Sprig]

+1


I just use a postage scale... works great..

Here's a question for all you measurers - is a fluid oz of oil the same as a fluid oz of water? So.. what is your measure from the kitchen calibrated in?

Yes, a liquid oz. is a liquid oz. lol, if you're using the same measuring container. The scale makes sense to me as the ratio isn't going to be that far off a volume one unless you're mixing millions of gallons........hm, then you couldn't use a postage scale eh?
As for the medicine cups, yup, I use 'em too as they are meteric measure and it makes it dead easy to figure out since we now get our gas in litres (Bah!) anyhow.
:chainsawguy: MAKE MINE 16:1 BABY!!!

 

[GASoline71]

Two things guys

1.All lubricants that are synthetic are not good remember you equipment manufacture does not make lubricants they make money.

2.All equipment dealers listen to manufactures so bad news travels.

WTH???:bang:

Gary

 

[Universe]

Um...

 

[Lakeside53]

:monkey:

 

[GASoline71]

Must be an Amsoil dealer...opcorn: opcorn: opcorn:

Gary

 

[NovaMan]

Q: How much wood could a woodchuck chuck, if a woodchuck could chuck wood?
A:is that US, Metric or Imperial?

A1: He would chuck, he would, as much as he could, and chuck as much wood as a woodchuck would if a woodchuck could chuck wood.
A2: He'd cut a quarter conifer if you gave him a quarter for every cord he cut.


If you don't want to leave oil in your measuring cup, rinse it out a little with some of the mix you just made. 3 rinses with 1/10th the volume of the container is considered a "quantitative rinse" in chemistry.
Technically, you should withhold part of the straight gas you're going to mix and then use three volumes of that to rinse the oil out of the measuring cup, but even I'm not that anal. Besides, the more containers you use, the more gas will coat the sides of them, and the more gas will evaporate. And who has the time or inclination to screw with all that?

 

[scottr]

A1: He would chuck, he would, as much as he could, and chuck as much wood as a woodchuck would if a woodchuck could chuck wood.
A2: He'd cut a quarter conifer if you gave him a quarter for every cord he cut.


If you don't want to leave oil in your measuring cup, rinse it out a little with some of the mix you just made. 3 rinses with 1/10th the volume of the container is considered a "quantitative rinse" in chemistry.
Technically, you should withhold part of the straight gas you're going to mix and then use three volumes of that to rinse the oil out of the measuring cup, but even I'm not that anal. Besides, the more containers you use, the more gas will coat the sides of them, and the more gas will evaporate. And who has the time or inclination to screw with all that?

NovaMan , I use the teaspoon or tablespoon to stir the mix to get all the oil that I measured . Not because I'm anal but because it's the right tool for the job .

 

[NovaMan]

Whatever works!

 

[sperho]

I can get 60cc syringes easily. So, when I'm using from a big bottle and I'm feeling to anal to use my measuring cup, I use a syringe and pump it right into the gas can and throw away the syringe. Then fillerup at the pump.

 

[Monkeyhanger]

...the pound is heavier than the kg

Hi,

you were way off the mark on that one, the kg is more than twice as heavy as the pound. 1kg = 2.2 imperial pounds.

Bye