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Can you use vegetable oil for pole saw lubricant? ETA: thanks Baws for the responses!
Posted on 6/11/21 at 9:36 am
Posted on 6/11/21 at 9:36 am
I can’t find my chain saw oil and want to cut two limbs. I have some vegetable oil, would that fowl things up or can I get away with skipping a trip to Lowe’s?
This post was edited on 6/11/21 at 10:20 am
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Posted on 6/11/21 at 9:38 am to NPComb
Id prefer motor oil if you have some of that laying around
Posted on 6/11/21 at 9:43 am to NPComb
sure. but, i don't think that it'll lube for a very long time.
Posted on 6/11/21 at 9:49 am to DownshiftAndFloorIt
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prefer motor oil if you have some of that laying around
I have used motor oil that I haven’t recycled yet from an oil change about a month ago?
Posted on 6/11/21 at 9:59 am to NPComb
If it doesn't have water in it than use that.
Posted on 6/11/21 at 10:00 am to NPComb
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I have used motor oil that I haven’t recycled yet from an oil change about a month ago?
I hope that is fine, because that is what I use as chain oil most of the time.
Posted on 6/11/21 at 10:04 am to NPComb
For 2 limbs almost any oil will work. I’d use the dirty motor oil but the chain won’t care as long as you have something heavier than WD-40 on it for a job that short.
Posted on 6/11/21 at 10:11 am to DownshiftAndFloorIt
transmission oil/fluid works better...
Posted on 6/11/21 at 10:29 am to FutureMikeVIII
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that is what I use as chain oil most of the time.
Same. As long as you put it back in some kind of decent container without getting it filthy its great bar oil.
Posted on 6/11/21 at 10:43 am to DownshiftAndFloorIt
Great for making sure your saw's bar oil pump will start leaking. And it doesn't have sufficient properties to properly lubricate the chain, bar, and sprocket. I just overhauled the Echo PPF-2620 for the guy that does my parent's yard, leaked like a sive because he'd been running 10W-30 in it since he bought it new last year. $500 piece of equipment that took another $100 in parts to save $10 on oil... 
Motor oil has additives that aren't compatible with the cheap buna-N o-rings. Used oil has that problem plus all the crap that was cleaned out of the engine it came from.
Good bar oil isn't a big expense, people will pay a premium for non-ethanol fuel, synthetic 2-stroke oil, then put used shite in for bar oil...
Motor oil has additives that aren't compatible with the cheap buna-N o-rings. Used oil has that problem plus all the crap that was cleaned out of the engine it came from.
Good bar oil isn't a big expense, people will pay a premium for non-ethanol fuel, synthetic 2-stroke oil, then put used shite in for bar oil...
Posted on 6/11/21 at 11:00 am to NPComb
Are you in the woods, yes
In the city, drive to Lowes
In the city, drive to Lowes
Posted on 6/11/21 at 11:28 am to Clames
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Good bar oil isn't a big expense,
Good bar oil is the wash from pipes with a viscosity modifier added.
Posted on 6/11/21 at 11:34 am to Clames
Thats all well and good and I'm sure 100% accurate, but its a and I have gallons of used oil. It works just fine and in my experience doesn't hurt anything.
Posted on 6/11/21 at 11:36 am to DownshiftAndFloorIt
I am w/ downshift - I have been running used motor oil thru Stihls and Huskys for a decade plus - no issues. The only thing I notice is its a little thin in the summer but below freezing the viscosity is fine.
Posted on 6/11/21 at 11:41 am to OntarioTiger
Hell there's a video on youtube of a guy running a pushmower on filtered bacon grease.
And honestly, after it burns the contaminants off... It ran amazingly well for hours on end
And honestly, after it burns the contaminants off... It ran amazingly well for hours on end
Posted on 6/11/21 at 11:43 am to X123F45
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Good bar oil is the wash from pipes with a viscosity modifier added.
Depends on your definition of good then. I have a gallon bottle of the Stihl woodcutter oil and a quart of the bio stuff in the green bottle. The bio stuff is tackier and certainly not something washed out of a petro plant. I use the green bottle stuff exclusively if I could get it locally.
Posted on 6/11/21 at 1:21 pm to Clames
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The bio stuff is tackier and certainly not something washed out of a petro plant.
Well... It is
Posted on 6/11/21 at 1:37 pm to Clames
Yall are going to get a laugh but I thought it was normal that saws leak bar oil. My Echo has since I bought it. Guess I need to look into that. ??
Posted on 6/11/21 at 1:46 pm to GREENHEAD22
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Yall are going to get a laugh but I thought it was normal that saws leak bar oil.
Gotta tune that screw just right so it sprays a fine mist of bar oil when running baw. Slicker than greased owl shite under a heat lamp.
Posted on 6/11/21 at 2:01 pm to GREENHEAD22
My 025 did until I pulled the pump, replaced the seals, and started using Stihl bar and chain oil instead of generic stuff. Used to keep a stack of pig mats in the saw case to keep the saw from pooling the case and soaking the sharpening tools. My MS391 has never leaked but it's a much newer saw and never had anything but Stihl oil in it. Something to consider is to check the bar to too if the oil hole is partially clogged. That will put a lot of oil under the cover and it will drip out.
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