2 stroke oil

[fordman]

i have an old quart can . of motorcycle 2 stroek oil. is it ok to run it in my stihl chain saw that takes 50-1 mix? or my lawn boy at 32-1? i think it is but i would liek other opinions before i open this old quart can. i doubt i could get anything on ebay by sellign a full quart of this. even if it is the old type of quart can.

[70_F100]

Shouldn't be a problem, as long as it hasn't been opened and you mix it right.

[Ranchero50]

Why risk a high $$$ saw on some old oil?

Jeepers, spend the $1.50 for a new bottle of oil or risk $150 for a jug kit on the saw?

As 70 says, it shouldn't be an issue but...
Jamie

[Redcap]

Why risk a high $$$ saw on some old oil?

Jeepers, spend the $1.50 for a new bottle of oil or risk $150 for a jug kit on the saw?

As 70 says, it shouldn't be an issue but...
Jamie

[heviarti]

Use it in a Mac. Ain't no saw but what it's a yellow saw. Let's put it this way, I found an old metal can full of Conoco 20W20 so old it was rusting on the outside sufficiently to leak at the seam. Let me clarify what I mean by 'can'. Not a metal bucket, but one of the old cans with a pour spout that you use for a gas can when you empty it. I've been using it in the crankcase of my lawn mower with no ill effects. Just consider the speed of the engine you're using it with. I'd not use it in the stihl, as that's a 10 or 12 thousand RPM engine. The additives may not be right for something that fast. Mac runs 6 or 8 thousand. Lesser two strokes maybe slower. Consider it's also intended for richer mix (if it's a steel can before 1975) as saws all used to run 40:1. Plus if it has broken down a little (which I doubt) having it in something that takes a richer mix guarantees you lubricity.

Myself I'd use it, unless it was a can of McCulloch brand oil, at which point it would go on my shelf of Mac stuff.

[fordman]

by old i waas trying to say it was the type of can that uses the stab in pour spout. what i wasnt sure abou tis it is 2 stroek. is that what the stihl and lawn boy are. or do they need 4 stroke oil mix?

[DuckRyder]

I have never seen a 4 stroke that required premix, that is a 2 stroke thing. So, yeah if they require premix then 2 stroke oil is what you need to use...

(Now watch somebody will come up with some obscure 4 stroke eastern block somthing or another that was build for 2 weeks in 1877 and gets oil mixed with the gas...and call me all kinds of names in PM's)

[fireguywtc]

I have never seen a 4 stroke that required premix, that is a 2 stroke thing. So, yeah if they require premix then 2 stroke oil is what you need to use...

(Now watch somebody will come up with some obscure 4 stroke eastern block somthing or another that was build for 2 weeks in 1877 and gets oil mixed with the gas...and call me all kinds of names in PM's)

lmao, but no its actually a modern idea. http://www.stihl.com/isapi/default.asp? ... efault.htm

[heviarti]

Also with supercharging or a dry motor, 1 pint motor oil per 12 gallons gasoline. Don't get me started on diesel chainsaws....

Old two strokes ran 16:1 with straight motor oil. McCulloch 4-30A for instance.

[DuckRyder]

I have never seen a 4 stroke that required premix, that is a 2 stroke thing. So, yeah if they require premix then 2 stroke oil is what you need to use...

(Now watch somebody will come up with some obscure 4 stroke eastern block somthing or another that was build for 2 weeks in 1877 and gets oil mixed with the gas...and call me all kinds of names in PM's)

lmao, but no its actually a modern idea. http://www.stihl.com/isapi/default.asp? ... efault.htm

Amazing, somebody came up with a way to take the worst of both worlds...

I stand corrected and I have no idea what kind of oil you would use in it, I would use what ever they said to use were I to have one which I won't...

[fordman]

[heviarti]

Ebay it. some collector will pay way too much for it

[fordman]

yea right 99 cents and no bids. just so i can pay ebay a fee for wasting my own time.