chainsaw does it use regular car oil?

[holden j caufield]

chainsaw I just got said use sae 40 oil. I've got regular 10-40 oil I use for my car. Is that OK? thx

 

[cavemanmoron]

Originally posted by: holden j caufield
chainsaw I just got said use sae 40 oil. I've got regular 10-40 oil I use for my car. Is that OK? thx

NO
chainsaw Bar oil is available in 3 weights 20/30/and 40

the warmer it is out the thicker the oil you would use

when above 70f you need 30 or 40 chainsaw oil

this oil is very thick,and sticky

the engine uses 2 cycle oil,that mixes with the gas,normally at 32:1,or thereabouts mix



If you use straight gas in a 2 cycle/{2 stroke} engine you will Kill it! 🙁

http://www.usa.husqvarna.com/files/country_imgs/usa/support_ads/CS_safety_brochure.pdf

 

[cavemanmoron]

http://www.stihl.com/tipstricks/ba_smcsus_30_01.pdf

http://home.howstuffworks.com/chainsaw1.htm

This chain saw has the following features:

It has a 16-inch (40.6-cm) cutting bar. The chain runs in a groove around this bar, and on the chain are the cutting teeth.
It has an air-cooled two-stroke gasoline engine.
The chain is driven by a centrifugal clutch. When the engine is idling, the clutch is disengaged. When the engine speeds up, the centrifugal plates in the clutch spin outward to engage the clutch, and the chain begins running.
The engine displaces 3 cubic inches (49 cc).
The engine, consisting of the cylinder, piston, connecting rod, crankshaft, carburetor and magneto, weighs just 4 pounds (1.8 kg).
The engine develops approximately 3 horsepower.
The engine is started with a pull starter.
The ignition is powered by a magneto connected to a spark plug.
Gas/oil/air are mixed with a carburetor and drawn into the engine by crankcase vacuum.
Exhaust flows out through a simple spark arrestor.
There is a small oil pump and a separate chain-oil reservoir to oil the chain and keep it from binding on the bar.
The gas tank holds about 1 pint (0.5 liters) of gasoline mixed with two-stroke engine oil.
One of the most amazing things about the engine is the horsepower that it develops for its weight. It approaches 1 horsepower per pound of engine weight! This is possible because the engine is air-cooled (eliminating the weight of the radiator, water pump and water) and two-stroke. A two-stroke engine, as explained in How Two-stroke Engines Work, has no valves or cams and generates power on every rotation of the crankshaft (twice as often as a four-stroke engine). This feature of the two-stroke engine means that it can generate twice the power of a four-stroke engine of the same displacement.
In the following photo of the same saw, you can see the pull-cord used to start the engine, the air intake for both the cooling blower and the carb, the fuel tank cap, the kill switch (red) and the throttle trigger, as well as the choke, throttle lock and carb adjusting screws


http://home.howstuffworks.com/framed.htm?parent=chainsaw.htm&url=http://www.ozemail.com.au/~heysf/page4.htm

 

[SeaSerpent]

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