Hi,
I've recently bought a cheap petrol chainsaw to get some trees cut down, etc. I haven't used a petrol one in over 15 years, only having used electric from then to now.
I don't know what mechanism the petrol ones use for automatic oil application to the chain because the old petrol one I used to use had a manual pump you had to remember to press to squirt some oil over the blade. This one I've bought is auto-oil, and after laying it on its side to fill with chain oil, I noticed some of the oil had run out around the chain guard area on the opposite side facing the ground.
I then had to put it on its side again to fill with fuel, and even more oil leaked out all over the front of the chainsaw body. Since this is the position for cutting through a trunk (saw on its side), should it be leaking oil out like that, presumably through the chain oil hole? I'd lose lots when cutting with saw on its side.
I'd have assumed that whatever mechanism is used, the oil shouldn't be able to flow out unless the pump makes it? The oil is Makita chain oil, tacky stuff to resist fling.
I've recently bought a cheap petrol chainsaw to get some trees cut down, etc. I haven't used a petrol one in over 15 years, only having used electric from then to now.
I don't know what mechanism the petrol ones use for automatic oil application to the chain because the old petrol one I used to use had a manual pump you had to remember to press to squirt some oil over the blade. This one I've bought is auto-oil, and after laying it on its side to fill with chain oil, I noticed some of the oil had run out around the chain guard area on the opposite side facing the ground.
I then had to put it on its side again to fill with fuel, and even more oil leaked out all over the front of the chainsaw body. Since this is the position for cutting through a trunk (saw on its side), should it be leaking oil out like that, presumably through the chain oil hole? I'd lose lots when cutting with saw on its side.
I'd have assumed that whatever mechanism is used, the oil shouldn't be able to flow out unless the pump makes it? The oil is Makita chain oil, tacky stuff to resist fling.