Hello all-
Seems like I am jinxed right now on saws and bar oil (posted another thread about a Stihl 261 that's doing a wimpy job keeping the chain oiled).
My favorite saw is a Husqvarna 346xp that's about 3-4 years old.
A while back I noticed that the chain seemed too dry, so I put it down until I could check it. Pulled the bar and found the tiny hole where the bar meets the saw, that the oil is supposed to feed through, was plugged with oil-soaked sawdust. Cleaned the hole, the mirror image hole, and the entire groove down the bar. Cleaned the entire "face" of where the saw meets the bar. I'm always really careful to clean the saw around the fuel and oil caps when I refuel so that I do all I can to keep crud out of the tanks.
Assumed, now to my regret, that the "plug" in that tiny hole in the bar had been the issue, so took down a nice medium Hophornbeam today, and all seemed to be going great.
Until I went to top off the fuel and bar oil. The saw had used 2/3 of the fuel but the bar oil had not gone down even one tiny bit. UGH.
Pulled the bar and chain and started and ran the saw at medium throttle for about a minute to see if any oil would be pumped out of the "port" in the body of the saw. Zip. Zero.
So I guess it is time for me to start diagnosing and digging into what is going on and why.
Any suggestions?
Thanks
Seems like I am jinxed right now on saws and bar oil (posted another thread about a Stihl 261 that's doing a wimpy job keeping the chain oiled).
My favorite saw is a Husqvarna 346xp that's about 3-4 years old.
A while back I noticed that the chain seemed too dry, so I put it down until I could check it. Pulled the bar and found the tiny hole where the bar meets the saw, that the oil is supposed to feed through, was plugged with oil-soaked sawdust. Cleaned the hole, the mirror image hole, and the entire groove down the bar. Cleaned the entire "face" of where the saw meets the bar. I'm always really careful to clean the saw around the fuel and oil caps when I refuel so that I do all I can to keep crud out of the tanks.
Assumed, now to my regret, that the "plug" in that tiny hole in the bar had been the issue, so took down a nice medium Hophornbeam today, and all seemed to be going great.
Until I went to top off the fuel and bar oil. The saw had used 2/3 of the fuel but the bar oil had not gone down even one tiny bit. UGH.
Pulled the bar and chain and started and ran the saw at medium throttle for about a minute to see if any oil would be pumped out of the "port" in the body of the saw. Zip. Zero.
So I guess it is time for me to start diagnosing and digging into what is going on and why.
Any suggestions?
Thanks