Somebody rep this man, I tried and got to spread it around....
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Somebody rep this man, I tried and got to spread it around....
I could care less about the amount of used oil that would be released into the environment by a chainsaw (or even thousands of chainsaws) using recycled crankcase oil for bar lube. That is a non issue to me and anyone spending time worrying about something that insignificant, obviously has very little going on in their life. I also agree that it came from the ground to begin with and going back to the ground is kinda like "ashes to ashes".
So I shouldn't take the used motor oil out of my 1972 model year IH 826 with the D358 wearing an aluminum oil pan and use it for bar oil because it will eat my aluminum oil tank on my saw? I guess it comes down to doing what you feel you need to and accepting the problems when and if they occur. One thing to keep in mind was chainspeeds used to be slower and manual oilers of the past would pump anything if your thumb was stout enough.
I've run used oil a couple of times but only when there wasn't any other choice. On one occasion we were cutting dry madone and oak .The bars ran hotter than usual and got a black crust on them. Everthing had black splatters on it and it smelled like refinery fire. That never happened with regular bar oil.
In emergencies I've also used hydraulic fluid, 90 wt thinned with kerosene, 50 wt, 30 wt, cooking oil, and some stuff we found in a glass jug that didn't have a lable but felt oily enough to work. None of this stuff worked real well, but it got us through the day.
If you guys want to run that black crap in your saws go right ahead. I'll stick with stuff that I know will work.
Good GAWD, son - you've got a lot bigger problems than how much you spend on bar and chain oil. Run while you can, son. Run like hell.
Exactly... it gets everywhere... nasty stuff. I've used it only once when there was no other option... Only time I ever witnessed a bar wear more in one day of cuttin'. Ran hot too...
Also used cranckcase oil has gasoline in it from ring blowby... so it acts like a solvent. You ain't gonna "strain" that gas outta the oil.
Good luck... and stock up on oiler parts...
Gary
How do you think that compares with the 2-cycle exhaust?
Not being critical of your comment, just trying to consider how much of the used (or new!) bar oil would get aerosoled sufficiently within the user's breathing zone, compared to the cloud of exhaust I often see around chain saws.
Philbert
Congrats on passing 13,000 posts! (The Rep Gods wouldn't let me hit you.)
but still no substance
i want to know how--it will get aersoled--seeuns how the chain runs in sawdust--
Why not just run used fryer oil instead of old motor oil? I mean if you're going to be cheap and don't care about your equipment anyways. Or just get a drum of canola oil or something...
Are transfats bad for the bar?
I think canola oil is actually supposed to be really low in trans fats?
I have used that since 1990 for a forge quench media, and so far I havent gained an ounce..
Why not just run used fryer oil instead of old motor oil? I mean if you're going to be cheap and don't care about your equipment anyways. Or just get a drum of canola oil or something...
... The USA had reached a level of lead poisoning about half that of where the Romans were by the time their empire crumbled.
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