2 cycle oil, what is best?

[bob15]

I appreciate what you are suggesting, but understand I’m working in a commercial capacity with about three dozen crews working across a large geographic area. About half of the crews don’t make it back to one of our three yards with any regularity. Trying to collect and refill bottles would be stepping over dollars to pick up pennies. Cost be damned, 6.4 ounce individual use bottles is the right solution for us, the guys are already trained and it works. We go through about 1200 of these bottles per year, so about $4000 worth on the Stihl full synthetic. It’s a drop in the bucket and not worth scrutinizing as much as I have been.

You can try calling these folks in Worcester. Not sure if they still carry 2 stroke oil, but it would be worth the call. Besides being a blender, they are also a distributor and usually have/sell more than what is on their website. If you need fleet oil, I would also contact them. Their oil is very good and at a good price, especially with no middle person.

https://denlube.com/

 

[BroncoAZ]

You can try calling these folks in Worcester. Not sure if they still carry 2 stroke oil, but it would be worth the call. Besides being a blender, they are also a distributor and usually have/sell more than what is on their website. If you need fleet oil, I would also contact them. Their oil is very good and at a good price, especially with no middle person.

https://denlube.com/

Thanks, I’ll look into it.

 

[AndrewcTDI]

I run Klotz Benol in my chainsaw and weedwacker. Because the scent makes the task much more enjoyable!!! Otherwise, Torco in my bikes.

 

[Blt2Lst]

+ KTM, Husqvarna, Beta motorcycles

Yamaha also, YZ250X

 

[Lassen Forge]

I ran brand X until I tried Stihl, not sure who makes it for them or if it's also sold under a different brand, but I haven't had issue one since the changeover.

 

[nynexit]

What mix ratio are you using in the Lawn-Boy's?

F series engines or older?

Hi, sorry i didn’t see your reply

My 2 primaries at the moment are:

An F series LawnBoy model 6431 (1986)
And one 22260 Duraforce 6hp from 2004 right at the end of the “good ones”

I run the Amsoil saber 2-cycle at about 50:1
No issues, no smoke. I do a compression test once a season, no loss in compression over the last 3 seasons.

 

[whateg01]

Ford! No, Samsung! No, heinz! Harley!

 

[M6erfan]

Yamaha also, YZ250X

Was previously mentioned

 

[Marcin_ose]

I’m looking to purchase a pallet of 6.4 ounce bottles of 2 cycle oil for the company I work for. We run lots of Stihl tools and use about 25 cases of 2 cycle oil per season. In the past we purchased the Stihl full synthetic oil and have had good results. I was looking at purchasing more of the same for $3.29 per container. I have seen other brands at lower prices all the way down to $1.76 per container for the Walmart house brand full synthetic. I did some searching and couldn’t find anything conclusive regarding comparisons. Can anyone point me to something or give some opinions?

Farm use Stihl MS660, used for 15 years now primarily with cheapo Super Tech Universal 2-cycle - works like brand new. That should settle the question. Sent saw to the shop twice for replacing gaskets, but I don't think that is related to engine oil. If I find scored cylinders or other problems in the future, I'll update this post.