PatrickIreland
ArboristSite Guru
I've been playing with my new Stihl 041AV, and I'm sure this has been discussed a billion times before - but I'd like to hear opinions particular to MY situation. (Self-obsessed? Me? Surely not!)
The last fella I bought a chainsaw from (cheap chinese plastic one) Just said "25:1. 50:1 if you use synthetic oil". That was all.
Given that is a much older chainsaw, should I stick to 25:1 regardless of the oil - and would that do any harm? It will be used very lightly, maybe 30 hours a year max.
My dad once bought a 2-stroke lawnmower, which wanted 50:1 mix. He was a lawyer (we love to hate them!) for Castrol, so rang up their oil man and asked why everything was bow going from 25, to 50:1.
The answer - "It's just to do with the oil, not the engines. Better oil means you can run a slimmer mix"
Now the cost of oil isn't going to be a concern, given the limited use the saw will see - will 25:1 be fine, and will synthetic give me any benefit? Or should I run 50:1 synthetic for the good of the saw, or should I use 25:1 dino oil as it was presumably meant to take when made? Or 25:1 synthetic?
Cheers,
Patrick
The last fella I bought a chainsaw from (cheap chinese plastic one) Just said "25:1. 50:1 if you use synthetic oil". That was all.
Given that is a much older chainsaw, should I stick to 25:1 regardless of the oil - and would that do any harm? It will be used very lightly, maybe 30 hours a year max.
My dad once bought a 2-stroke lawnmower, which wanted 50:1 mix. He was a lawyer (we love to hate them!) for Castrol, so rang up their oil man and asked why everything was bow going from 25, to 50:1.
The answer - "It's just to do with the oil, not the engines. Better oil means you can run a slimmer mix"
Now the cost of oil isn't going to be a concern, given the limited use the saw will see - will 25:1 be fine, and will synthetic give me any benefit? Or should I run 50:1 synthetic for the good of the saw, or should I use 25:1 dino oil as it was presumably meant to take when made? Or 25:1 synthetic?
Cheers,
Patrick