Does anyone use anything other than the original Scot oil in their scottoiler?
I was thinking of using my old engine oil as a cheap alternative.
Rather than having to dispose of the oil oil i thought i could filter it then use for the chain oiler and save me a few ££’s having to buy the blue stuff every time it runs out
I cant seei t being a problem but has anyone else done this and experienced any problems or is it all good?
I dunno much about Scotoilers but i’d think engine oil was too thin and wont stick and then you have the problem of engine oil on ur tyres. I’d play it safe and use the correctly designed oil for the job.
having said that… I have never used an oiler so I might be talking utter B0ll0x 
good point, the engine oil viscosty is much thinner than the sticky blue stuff but you can reduce the feed rate from the reservior to compensate for this.not sure if it would make any difference though as oil would proabaly get flung off the chain on to the wheel.
im sure i read somewhere that someone has done this before would be good to know if it was safe or not rather than trying it out myslef and it goes wrong!
I always just used engine or gearbox oil when the scotoil had ran out.
Never had any problems with it!
Another point to make is used engine oil is toxic and carcinogenic. It must be disposed of in the correct manner, and not flung all over the road.
I would think that scott oil would be a gear oil rather than an engine oil.
Gear oil is sacraficial, engine oil is designed to capture contaminants as well as lubricate.
I used to use chainsaw oil, about £30 for 5l.
yes,chainsaw oil has good “antifling” properties:)
Plus you probably don’t want to put the microscopic bits of metal that may be in used engine oil on your chain. I doubt you’d be able to filter it that finely.
if cost is an issue just clean and oil your chain every now and again 
not really an issue mate,
just thought id make use of the old oil somehow.
