2 cycle oil
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JRHAWK9
Minister of Fire
dougand3
Minister of Fire
TC-W3 means watercraft to me. I know it says land use but I dunno. Watercraft run cooler. I like seeing the JASO-FD rating for my saws. That oil may be aimed at poulan 361 or Homey SXL or Mac 10-10, not a 13000 RPM screamer of today.
I run nothing but Stihl synthetic in my saws...they are worth it. I saw pictures of engines at my Stihl dealers shop of engines ran on regular Stihl mix and the synthetic there was a big difference...they even doubled the warranty when you purchased new and a 6 pack of the synthetic mix at the time.
the dealer said run the stihl oil and gave me a pack, he said you can run whatever bar oil you want but this is the best for it not going to skimp there, they arent that bad anyway
heavy hammer
Minister of Fire
I agree with Tar12 I only run what stihl recommends for their saws. Not worth it to me to try and save a few bucks on something like that. Plus as said earlier they usually extend the warranty with new purchases when you run their oil. Must mean something other than just trying to make a sale.
TreePointer
Minister of Fire
I do not run any multipurpose 2-cycle oil in my chainsaws. That is, if it has a "W" rating for water cooled 2-cycle engines, I don't use it in my air cooled 2-cycle engines.
Keyword search: TCW3 CHAINSAWS (lots of info in the bobistheoilguy discussions)
Keyword search: TCW3 CHAINSAWS (lots of info in the bobistheoilguy discussions)
DodgyNomad
Minister of Fire
That's pretty low end oil, I'm familiar with it. I'd use it in a pinch, but if I had a choice, I'd donate that to someone else.
Thanks for the valuable info folks. That’s why I asked, figured most of you had probably either used it, heard about it or had pretty strong opinions on what to use. Like I said earlier I had always used Stihl oil in the past. Sounds like even if it’s free the price isn’t right. 
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