Who the hell let's the bar or chain hit the dirt?
If you are that careless, then you may as well use water
instead of bar oil.

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Don Bruder wrote in message ...
In article ,
(Doug Miller) wrote:

In article ,
"George E. Cawthon" wrote:
Doug Miller wrote:
In article ,
wrote:

Doug Miller wrote:
....

The suspended solids in used engine oil are, for the most part, fine

particles

of metal. The junk that collects on the bar during use is wood dust.
Surely
you don't imagine that the two produce the same degree of wear on the
chain
and bar.

A lot of the chips and dust are wood, but a lot isn't--the inevitable
dirt and other grime is at least as abrasive as the much smaller
diameter particles that made it through the engine oil filter...after
all, you wouldn't be particularly concerned to run your auto another 500
or even 1000 miles above the 3000 mi mark if you were on a trip and
needed that to get home for a more convenient oil change, would you?
The lube requirements of any modern engine are far more onerous...


Just the same, it should be obvious that you're not doing your chain saw
any
good by running used motor oil through it.


Doug, it just goes on the bar, it doesn't go
through the motor. One touch into the dirt with
the bar and you are far worse off than anything
dirty motor oil would do to the bar.

Yes, George, I know it just goes on the bar. Are you really having such a
hard
time understanding that used, dirty oil doesn't lubricate as well as new,
clean oil?


I'm wondering which part of "The first time the tip touches dirt even
for an instant, you've just put more crap on the bar than any amount of
used motor oil possibly could" you can't comprehend.

Face it, Doug, waste oil is perfectly fine as bar oil, despite your
bleating to the contrary.

(And the greenies who might want to cry about it are perfectly welcome
to go suck rocks.)

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