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Old 29-03-16, 07:36 PM   #21
yorkie_chris
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Default Re: to scottoil or not to scottoil?

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Originally Posted by DomP View Post
Do you still routinely degrease and clean the chain as you would with conventional oiling?
No I never bothered at all. The chain would stay well clean enough naturally.

I never really kept proper track but it was about every 3-4 tanks of fuel I would put a squirt into the oiler, just with a normal oil can, took 2 minutes if that to pump in.

I used various oils... used engine oil was great, EP80/90 sounds like a good idea but is too thick to flow properly, dexron2 worked great and I suspect is what actual scottoil is for 5x the price, chainsaw oil (bar oil) is also brilliant but I used to thin that 5050 with old engine oil.
Overall I'd say get the cheapest ATF you can find and use that.
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