Doug Miller wrote the following:
In article , "Steve B" wrote:

"Doug Miller" wrote in message
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In article , willshak
wrote:

I have an electric McCulloch pole chain saw being delivered tomorrow. I
have bar oil for a gas chain saw. Can it be used in an electric chain
saw or is there a different (viscosity) bar oil for electrics?


There's no such thing as "bar oil for a gas chain saw". It's just "bar
oil".
For any kind of chain saw. What you have will work just fine.

If that is the case, then you can just use a thicker weight auto engine oil.
It's a damn sight cheaper.


Yes, but it's not the same stuff. Bar and chain oil is stickier. You can use
motor oil, but you use a lot more of it because it gets slung off the chain
faster.


Motor oil is a lubricant albeit lighter than bar oil which pours like
molasses, but like others have said they used, transmission fluid and
brake fluid are hydraulic fluids and may have lubricant properties, but
I would rather have a fluid designed for pure lubrication, and like you
said, motor oil gets slung off the chain faster.
I'll use the real bar oil.

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Bill
In Hamptonburgh, NY
In the original Orange County. Est. 1683
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