Outboard 2 stroke oil
Submitted: Monday, Jul 06, 2009 at 19:38
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Honky
Would anyone know if you can use 2 stroke outboard boat fuel in a chainsaw?
I just do not want to carry to much premix or to many oil bottles.
I wouldn't use it the other way round but you may never know when you may need to clear some trees in a national park.
Honky
Reply By: Flywest - Tuesday, Jul 07, 2009 at 13:04
Tuesday, Jul 07, 2009 at 13:04
There are as others have said 2 different grades of 2 stroke oils for water cooled and air cooled 2 stroke engines.
The old oil specs were:-
TC2 (Two Cycle - 2nd generation)
TCW2 (Two Cycle Water Cooled 2nd Generation)
Now there are :-
TC3 (Two Cycle 3rd Generation)
TCW3 (Two Cycle Water Cooled 3rd Generation).
and some of the same grades in fully synthetic.
It's better not to mix them - and I certainly wouldn't run the water cooled oil in a air cooled chainsaw etc asothers have alreadyt saiod the water cooled run at much lower temps.
Best of Brittish luck with it - back when I was a nipper and the Two strokes were just new out they originally ran on 1/3rd of a pint of sump oil to a gallon of super! (And they smoked like all getout and fouled plugs all the time).
Things have come along way since then thank goodness
Cheers
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Follow Up By: Madfisher - Tuesday, Jul 07, 2009 at 20:33
Tuesday, Jul 07, 2009 at 20:33
Fly west my old Dad still used engine oil in his chain saws right up to the eighties. He was one of the old type who did not like change. Anyhow could not work out why his saws did not last as long as ours.
Cheers Pete
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