Chain oils, ranked

"BJ" (benjamin-bignell) 05/20/2019 at 15:58 • Filed to: atf is smelly

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In 1st place: actual chain oil. In last place: ATF - it stinks something fierce when the chain gets hot...

I like cars: Jim Spanfeller is one ugly motherfucker > BJ 05/20/2019 at 16:05

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Why on earth would you use ATF

You used ATF didn’t you

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > BJ 05/20/2019 at 16:06

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By a bizarre coincidence, a lot of cars have exhausts close enough to the trans so that trans overheating or spills from filling will result in the exact smell you have experienced.

Shift24 > BJ 05/20/2019 at 16:07

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I think Diff fluid smells worse but might have actually worked better than trans fluid

MoCamino > BJ 05/20/2019 at 16:09

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Seems like ATF would have been WAY too thin.  I hope you didn’t damage your saw.  :(

CalzoneGolem > BJ 05/20/2019 at 16:10

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Electric saws are an interesting choice. I’ve got one on a stick. I can take it off the stick and use it like a normal, albeit half sized, chainsaw.

Mid Engine > BJ 05/20/2019 at 16:12

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I run four different chainsaws depending on the job, I buy Husqvarna bar oil by  the gallon.

DipodomysDeserti > BJ 05/20/2019 at 16:25

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#1

Nothing smells better than hot Maxima chain wax.

Highlander-Datsuns are Forever > BJ 05/20/2019 at 16:27

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W hat’ s wrong with bar oil?

Highlander-Datsuns are Forever > MoCamino 05/20/2019 at 17:13

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I doubt it would damage it but it probably all ran out in a quick minute.

The Ghost of Oppo > BJ 05/20/2019 at 17:43

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My arborist buddy told me to use canola oil

BJ > MoCamino 05/21/2019 at 09:17

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Who said it was my saw?

BJ > I like cars: Jim Spanfeller is one ugly motherfucker 05/21/2019 at 09:18

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BJ > CalzoneGolem 05/21/2019 at 09:20

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For backyard jobs over the weekend in my densely-populated neighbourhood, it was the right choice. If it was a job big enough for a gas saw , I’d probably just have hired someone to do it for me during the week.

BJ > Shift24 05/21/2019 at 09:20

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That would have been awful, too.

BJ > Highlander-Datsuns are Forever 05/21/2019 at 09:21

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Oh, nothing I’m sure, except there was none within easy reach once I realized the chain was dry...

MoCamino > BJ 05/21/2019 at 09:30

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Touché.  :)

CalzoneGolem > BJ 05/21/2019 at 09:54

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They are great if you don’t use a saw often. No messing with gas and futzing with it to get it started. Just plug it in and it works.