Ok all,
Please don't throw stones, but I would like to get the opinion from all the guy's, or ladies who have torn the
saw's apart and seen whats going on inside. I don't want to get long winded but
... My old 021 stihl has been running steller since 1989, after buying a POS 390 with the piston fried, it got me thinking, maybe I should look at my 021 piston. so I pulled the muffler and the piston looks like the day it was new, even has the milling marks still on it
! Now, I work with metals every day, I've looked at the oil shears, thermal breakdowns, viscosity levels, TC-3, air cooled oils, blah, blah, blah....... For the longest time, "not even giving it a thought" I ran Johnson outboard oil in my saw until recently. The old girl, 021 "STILL" runs like a ***** ape
... My question to all of you is, What's your experience
do you use full synthetic, part, conventional, etc.... I have been using pennzoil air cooled 2 stroke and johnson 2 stroke in the leaf blower and weed whacker for years! When I bought my new MS250. I have "only" been using the ultra Stihl oil due to the warranty. Now, I have a 24 year old 021, I've been using every year since new, with various oils, "BUT I HAVE BEEN TRUE" to the mixture, Is there that much difference ? Thoughts please, I would like to understand this more. Thanks gang
Please don't throw stones, but I would like to get the opinion from all the guy's, or ladies who have torn the
saw's apart and seen whats going on inside. I don't want to get long winded but
... My old 021 stihl has been running steller since 1989, after buying a POS 390 with the piston fried, it got me thinking, maybe I should look at my 021 piston. so I pulled the muffler and the piston looks like the day it was new, even has the milling marks still on it! Now, I work with metals every day, I've looked at the oil shears, thermal breakdowns, viscosity levels, TC-3, air cooled oils, blah, blah, blah....... For the longest time, "not even giving it a thought" I ran Johnson outboard oil in my saw until recently. The old girl, 021 "STILL" runs like a ***** ape... My question to all of you is, What's your experience do you use full synthetic, part, conventional, etc.... I have been using pennzoil air cooled 2 stroke and johnson 2 stroke in the leaf blower and weed whacker for years! When I bought my new MS250. I have "only" been using the ultra Stihl oil due to the warranty. Now, I have a 24 year old 021, I've been using every year since new, with various oils, "BUT I HAVE BEEN TRUE" to the mixture, Is there that much difference ? Thoughts please, I would like to understand this more. Thanks gang
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