Bar And Chain Oil: The Test Results
This head-to-head test of 1 bar and chain oil options has the measured results for each. See how they ranked and watch the full test video.
Bar & Chain Oil
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The measured results
Every number below is read straight from the test. Products are listed in the order they finished.
All measurements (5 more)+
Lubricity/scoring test vs 10W-30
- 1Bar & Chain Oil
the bearing on the left is a 10w30 from a previous video the bearing on the right is the bar and chain oil as you can see there's a lot more scoring on the barn chain bearing than there is on the 10w30 (chapter marker states 14.4% more scoring/damage)
Cold flow test at 15 below zero Fahrenheit
- 1Bar & Chain Oil
when it's really cold it doesn't flow
Tackiness after use
- 1Bar & Chain Oil
once it's heated up it loses that tackiness so any sort of advantage anticipated from having sort of a cushioning effect from having that tackiness is going to be lost pretty much the first time you use it
Foaming test in see-through crankcase
- 1Bar & Chain Oil
what we noticed was inside the engine that had the see-through panel it did seem to have a little bit of foaming that's a problem you don't want your oil to foam at all
Used oil filtration check
- 1Bar & Chain Oil
I'm not finding any sort of contamination inside this filter
How it was tested
- lubricity/bearing scoring test compared to 10W-30
- cold flow test at negative 15 degrees Fahrenheit
- foaming test using a see-through crankcase engine
- engine load test mowing tall grass
- used oil filtration for metal contamination
“so as barn chain oil it gets substitute for motor oil I don't really think it is because we saw some very interesting things from the testing”
