Fedaburger,
I understand that thinking, I guess… but it’s not how I think.
I don’t automatically think that “slipperier” is necessarily better; it only needs to be slippery enough.
I don’t automatically think that “cleaner” is necessarily better; it only needs to be clean enough.
I don’t automatically think that “cooler” is necessarily better; it only needs to be cool enough.
And-so-on…
I’ve had my current saw for something over 20 years now and it’s never seen anything but the regular ol’ Stihl dino oil in the 50:1 pre-mix (first few years it was 40:1 until Stihl changed). I use 12-15 of the orange (2.5 gallon) bottles a year, so around 30-35 gallons of pre-mix, most of which gets run through the saw (although, admittedly there was about five years where I didn’t use the saw much). I’ve never had the carb off it, never replaced a fuel line, never replace a fuel filter, and I’ve only replaced the spark plug maybe three, possibly four times (on principle only, I’ve kept the old plugs as spares because they still looked fine). Compression feels strong when pulling it over, always starts, idles and runs perfectly (occasional carb adjustment for ambient changes). I take the muffler off maybe every two years or so to have a gander at the piston, rings and cylinder walls… ain’t no problems and ain’t no carbon of any consequence. Even the inside of the muffler has never required any attention… heck, I don’t remember ever cleaning the spark arrester screen.
Hey, I’m not attempting to extend an argument here… just convince me why I should spend the extra buck to fix what ain’t broke.
