Oil for a Scott oiler? Where from?

[Parademic]

Where's decent and well priced to buy oil for a Scott oiler (or similar)? The official oil refills are quite pricey,  and I'm guessing there are some cheaper alternatives out there that do just a good job of lubing my chain...  

Cheers,

Gareth

[Ali p.]

Use chain saw oil mate just as good lots cheaper

[mr_diver]

used engine oil  

[Twiggy]

EP80/90 is very similar stuff a day much cheaper.

[mr_diver]

what can possibly be cheaper than used Halford's own brand oil that's done 4,000 miles in your engine already?
 

seriously though, I've used all sorts of oils in the scottoiler, chainsaw oil didn't fling off much, but did get allot of crud stuck to the chain, that was a pita to clean off.

[MartinW]

PD Oilers recommend THIS STUFF which may or may not be cheaper than Scottoiler Oil (I don't know) but is more expensive than old engine oil.

But it is designed for the job too.

I bought a 500ml one for mine and it should last me forever.

[Yoyo]

Scott often have BOGOF deals online which makes the stuff affordable, not as cheap as used engine oil though!

[mr_diver]

[Parademic]

great...  I'll go drain my neighbours car tonight once he's gone to bed and see how his oil does in my oiler...  Thank u all...

[Hondaman]

I found ep90 too thick to flow reliably in colder weather and tend to stick with old engine oil but it can  sludge up & bung the feed pipe, maybe my home made reservoir is partly to blame for that though.

I refuse to pay more for chain oil than engine oil!

[mr_diver]

Yes I always use the old bike oil not the gunk that drains out of the mrs diesel car.
I have drained a flushed the scotoiler tank and giving the chainsaw oil a go as I still have 300ml there as a test as the chain has done 14k and I will be changing it before the end of summer.
Used engine oil only needed a little increase/decrease on the dial when we went from colder months to warmer months and vis versa, chain oil being thicker needed quite a bit more adjustment.

[Oop North John]

Set up correctly the oilers hardly use any oil, so I'm happy to pay the small premium for nice clean oil going into my oilers, and which is less likely to fling. But I don't do tens of thousands of miles a year on my bikes.

[Joe Rocket]

Set up correctly the oilers hardly use any oil.

Quite right! If you only have to lubricate your chain (suggested intervals) every 500 miles then that can only mean a few drops now and again. I've put a manual Tutoro feed on my bike and it only needs the slightest feed for a brief 15-20 minute feed which is about a teaspoonful (or two) every 200 miles. This is not calculated but provides a moist chain without fling on the rear tyre. Oil is CLEAN NEW cheap chainsaw variety.

I've cleaned the chain once in about 4k Miles, another clean before 6k I think.

 

[Juvecu]

+1 for PTLube, keeps chains in great shape, doesn't fling much, smells nice (for what it's worth) and, most importantly, is easy to clean off the bike and the chain.