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nah i actually run lucas and everything else i can get my hands on.
Finally found an oil
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Bingo
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I've been very happy using Dolmar syn. oil. There are good oils out there but I'm happy with the Dolmar oils...Trying to keep is simple...
zogger
Tree Freak
I've switched to the lucas at 32:1, seems to work fine, and the price is certainly good,less than ten bucks a quart at my local mom and pop autoparts store, which is the best in town, beats all the chains..
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same here i burn 5 gallon per week in the summer never had a problem plugs are cleaner also.
Fubar
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+1 on the lucas at 28 ; 1 , my concoction , I use a gallon of 87 octane straight gas with no alcohol , 1 ounce of stabil , 1 ounce of marvels , 2 ounces of 104 octane boost and 4 1/2 ounces lucas , makes a saw run like a scalded dog , stays good for a year and never had a galled piston or a carb problem , alcohol gas is very , very bad for 2 strokes , i quit using it altogether in everything when i put some in my bike and it rattled like a box of hammers ...
Yup, I'm still using it...still liking it....I'll keep buying it at 9.50 / 6pk for the 2.6oz bottles.
DrewUth
Jack of all trades, master of none.
That's not a good idea and you are lucky. Outboard/marine 2 cycle oil is meant for engines that run much much cooler than chainsaws, due to the constant fresh cold water running through them. In my experience (blowing up two saws using boat fuel in the fall a few years back) it does not stand up to the high temperatures in air cooled motors and breaks down.
Best bang for your buck? Yamalube in the gallon jugs. Get it on ebay, motosports stores, etc. Burns clean, high quality oil and the gallon jug lasts forever.
chuckwood
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tcw-3 is only for use in 2 stroke oil injected engines - which is most 2 cycle outboard engines out there today. It's not meant for mixing with gas.
Can someone recommend the best synthetic 2 stroke oil?
Did you really just do that?
Did you really just do that?
It was just going to well.
A well mannered oil thread? On AS?
Thats tantamount to blasphemy.
I've been using TCW3 oil in air cooled 2 strokes for a long time without a problem.As to the temp.in A/C vs water cooled,the crank case temp. in either is not much different one from the other.Once the fuel mix is pushed into the cylinder and lights off ,the oil in either type goes out the exhaust as smoke!
The advantage of W/C vs A/C is that the temp. in the W/C stays more consistent throughout the run and therefore probably more efficient .
TC-W3 oil contains larger amounts of heavy oils and dispersants, and no detergent additive... that's a problem with air-cooled two-cycle engines due to the differences in piston temperature.
Because of the typical way they're used, air-cooled engines run a lower average piston temperature, but have a much higher peak temperature. At the lower average temperature TC-W3 oils won't burn properly, and at the higher peak temperature they'll form harmful deposits. The combination of more likely deposits and no detergent additive greatly increases the risk of piston ring sticking. You're playing a game of Russian Roulette with your air-cooled two-cycles... when you do lose the game (and you eventually will), it will be at wide-open-throttle when the maximum damage is done.
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Pretty much all true as far as the chemistry of TCW3 is concerned and it not completely burning-in these engines- and leaving harmful deposits.However any and all deposits including bits of metal will show up on the spark plug.I'm not seeing any of this on my plugs in any of my 2 strokers.As an aside the TCW3 I'm using is labeled for use in A/C engines including chainsaws.My biggest saw is about 18 years old and still going strong.Now, you know,I know and everybody on this board knows,They all" crash and burn eventually"!
