Amsoil- 2 cycle oil

[bigbite7]

I know there was a post somewhere on this subject but I can't seem to find it. What Amsoil 2-cycle oil does a guy use for his ice auger and what mix ratio. I would like to try some that doesn't stink up the house so bad when drilling holes.

[Juan Grande]

I think it's Amsoil Saber Pro. I tried to find some at Fleetfarm last weekend, but they didn't seem to have any in stock. They had a lot of Amsoil products, but no saber.

I ended up buying some generic synthetic oil and mixed it at 50:1 with fresh gas. It seemed to smoke a little more than the 24:1 Strikemaster mix, but the auger ran better too.

[cold one sd]

I use Amsoil Saber Professional 100/1 oil mixed 100/1. Some people feel better if they mix it 80/1. I have used it both ways and really can't tell the difference. It sure is nice not to have the blue fog in the wheel house though.

[McGurk]

Here it is:

Amsoil thread

Shows both sides of using it, and "theoilman" sells it if you need it. I personally won't go back now that I've used it.

[theoilman]

Thanks for all the good comments. I don't have to say very much about it any more, just check out everyone else's comments who have used it. (It will be a lot easier once the search feature here gets up and running again. I hope the updates to the forum software are all running soon.)

AMSOIL has 5 different 2-cycle oils. Yes, the one for the air-cooled, pre-mix engines is the Saber Professional.

On-Line direct order link: AMSOIL Saber Professional

The other problem is there are no where near enough places to buy it locally to everyone. I would appreciate help from you: e-mail me privately with where you would like to buy it (store or shop, address, contact person, phone number). Do not add it to this forum posting - not appropriate commercial. Please do not take these comments as commercialism, there have been a lot of threads with the same "I can't find where to buy it" in them.

[minnbowhunter]

After trying it last year I gave away about 10 of the individual pouches as stocking stuffers to everyone in the family who ice-fishes. Great stuff, just remember you are still running an engine. It gets rid of the smoke, not the fumes.

[TrentPlymouth]

I just bought my first gas ice auger. An Ardis Sweet Cut. I don't know much about gas ice augers yet, but i know in older car engines, running synthetic sometimes removes the dirt and grime that are actually holding gaskets together therefore making the engine leak oil. Do augers work the same way? It's hard enough finding a new blade for the Sweet Cut, I'd hate to ruin a gasket putting synthetic in. I'm not sure what it has been running, but i just bought generic 2 cycle oil from the gas station and mixed it 32:1. It didn't smoke, or even stink too bad but i hear pretty good things about the Amsoil. Any suggestions? Thanks guys.

[sodajerk]

After making about 15 phone calls and spending plenty of time on web searches, I finally found some Saber Pro oil in a store around here. It was at a small engine/power sports/lawn tractor/snowmobile/ATV place.

I was going to order a quart off the Amsoil web site, but when I saw that they want to charge almost $7 shipping on a $9 quart of oil, I put the kibosh on that.

The sad part is, I paid $3.95 each for two 8oz bottles (only size they had) in the store, which is only slightly less than the price I'd have paid per ounce on the Amsoil site with shipping included. Oh well, at least I don't have to wait for it to arrive.

I figure if I mix it 100:1 (which I'm frankly a little leery of doing and will probably run it 50:1 - 100:1 seems scary lean to me--never heard of any 2-cycle mix being that lean) 16oz of oil will last me about 4 years using it in my ice auger, weed whip and chain saw, or 2 years mixing it 50:1.

Overall, not a big expense, but next time I'll just order a quart off the Amsoil site and save myself the hassle. It sure would be nice if the stuff was more widely available in stores, though.

[Rebeleye]

I just ordered a bunch of Saber from the Corporate HSOforum. I figure for how much time I could spend driving around trying to find this stuff that basically equals the price of shipping.

Had my order delivered in 3 business days. Plus, I got an Amsoil sticker!

[jwhjr]

I lucked out when I got mine as a friend's dad works with an Amsoil rep so I was able to order it through him. This was before we had theoilman here.

[cold one sd]

I go to one of the local auto parts stores and they get it overnight for me with no shipping charges. I buy it in half pint containers.

[boatfixer]

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Plus, I got an Amsoil sticker!

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Sweet!

[BoxMN]

FWIW, Little Bear Bait on 61 & 96 in White Bear has the bottles and the pillows. I am going to go the pillow route, as I just have my chainsaw, leafblower and auger that use mixed gas anymore.