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I watched the video. What I'm saying, if you have a of the lesser 1/2 gallon or more chain oil, and happen to have some Lucas, put some Lucas in the bar oil. It will help the oil out with wear.
The truth is, most home owners will never wear a bar out unless they have a lot of land with trees and heat with wood. And, unless they hit the ground with the running chain, they will wear out very few chains.
I'm still on the factory bar on my mid 1980's saw, and I have cut a good bit of wood with it.
Heck, I've seen many saws come into my shop with used motor oil in the oil tank. I don't recommend it, but people did it.
I'm sure today's bar oils don't work as well as they did 20 years ago. It seems nothing does.
In my experience, most overheated and worn bars come from owners not cleaning the sawdust out of the bar and saw oiling hole, nor greasing the tip on roller tip bars. (if today's cheap products have bar tip greasing holes)
Gothcha. Yeah it's not so much the bar as the chain. Chain cutter slide and roller pin bearings. On the bigger saws, not the homeowner dinkers.
I think a chain for my Stihl 0460 runs around $40 or more. I always carry two in the woods, too.
And the oil cost, if you cut a lot. Stihl bar oil that doesnt lubricate for $25 a gallon vs. $10 a gallon for oil that does? Wtf