Motor oil or Special bar oil for chain saw bar

[Dadatwins]

Curious about what everyone uses for bar oil. I always used straight 30 weight for bar oil but am reading and seeing more and more about specific bar oil just for chain saw use. Did a search here and not much came up about different types of bar oil so I was wondering if any opinions on it. Thanks

 

[Husky372]

husky premium

 

[sedanman]

Bar oil is any junk the refinery scrapes together with some tack additve and maybe some red dye if the customer (Stihl,Husqvarna, Poulan, Snapper, etc) asks for it. ANY BRAND of bar oil is just as good as the next. I prefer actual bar oil over motor oil for the tack additive. DON'T USE USED MOTOR OIL.

 

[Husky372]

what is wally world?

 

[Ruger14]

wally world=wall mart the only thing the place is missing is a booby bar! do any of you guys have Rural King around you? i buy bar lube from them, they run it useually 2.50 per gal and on sale for 2 for 4.00, seems to be the same as any other.
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[Husky372]

i thought thats what it was but wasn't positive. thanks!

 

[bwalker]

I use the cheapest bar oil i can find. In my area that means Walmart Supertech. Stihl bar oil is better IMO, buts its double the price.

 

[Fish]

I only recommend synthetic oil, you will never have to buy a
new bar again, it is that good

 

[BigSawMan]

My dad used ATF with some Rotella T mixed in with it in all of his saws. But we are going to use Husky bar lube in our new husky.

 

[Bills Oak]

Bar Oil

I use Husky Premium in my newer saws but I cannot get it to go through the older style pumps on my older mac saws so I use 90 weight rear end lube that I get for about $2.00 per gallon--seems to work well--just not as thick..

 

[Doug01]

The Poulan and husky bar oil jugs are the same, only a different color. They probably come out off the same tank since electro-lux owns them both. Like Rocky said,Poulan is half the price at wal-mart.

Doug

 

[Kneejerk Bombas]

How about running bar oil in my truck? It's burning quite a bit of oil and when I run low, I just dump in bar oil. Almost got her up to 400,000 miles, so I'm not too worried if it hurts it.