066 oiling issue

[Shade]

Hi guys, great site, I've been reading through the archives for about a week and have gotten a wealth of info (or so I hope )

I just picked up a used 066, and in getting it up and going, it's leaking oil somewhere it shouldn't be:

have any of you seen this before, or do I just have a busted line somewhere that I need to track down?

Thanks,

Dan Shade

 

[Kneejerk Bombas]

Saw looks modified, maybe the put in a high output oiler. The excess is flung off the bar and goes up through the seam of the chain cover.
There should be a little screw to adjust the oiler on the bottom of the saw.

 

[WRW]

Shade,
Which is it...California or Maryland?
Try using fresh 30 wt. motor oil. It should sling off the tip of the bar and not come back around to the sprocket area.
I've seen that before and it was as RockyJ said.

 

[Shade]

ok, that's good news

I hacked on my muffler the other night after reading all of the benefits on here in the archives

yeah, it's doing that while tinkering with the carb for the high end setting, it's pumping the oil like that out pretty fast. I was worried I was missing a part in there or something.

WRW, I live in a town called california, we have a hollywood 5 minutes up the road too...

 

[WRW]

Shade,
I remember the signs for Hollywood from 20+ years ago, but don't remember California. Long before Stardust Inn burned down.
Just kidding about the motor oil thing.

 

[Shade]

yeah, i hear ya on the motor oil... I'm certainly no pro, but I'm smart enough to know that...

I've only been here for 5 years, I've never heard of the stardust inn.

 

[Chainsaw_Maniac]

First of all I don't know what kind of oil you're using but if that's waste oil from an oil change then no woder it's messy (It's cancer causing too). If that isn't wasye oil then my mistake.

About the leak: See if the oil hole in the bar of the chainsaw is plugged with dirt. If so, clean it.

 

[dozerdan]

Shade
Can you please remove the clutch and take a picture of the oil pump for us?
Later
Dan

 

[Joey P]

That is what happens when a saw is run without cutting wood.....it happens to me everytime I run a customers saw to set the carb. DO NOT use straight motor oil it is not good for the bar and chain and especially not the sprocket tip of the bar. Bar and chain oil contains tack to help it stick to everything it needs to. I cant tell if it is waste oil from what I see being that the oil that I use (Stihl b&c oil) looks the same when it spills out like that. PM me if you need any more questions answered.

 

[Shade]

dozerdan, I'll try to get it all apart in a day or so to get a picture, is there any particular reason you want to see it?

It's regular bar and chain oil. I was fiddling with the carb when it was doing that, I guess I should have mentioned that up front.

 

[Kneejerk Bombas]

Maybe the saw is at the shop or somewhere else. We don't all sleep with our saws like you Rocky.

 

[Shade]

First off, it's a Sunday, and I had other things to do today.

Second, I had the thing completely torn down the other day to clean it, and I'm in no real hurry to do it again needlessly.

Third, my tools were over at a friend's shop from where we did a head-cam install on an LS1 on Saturday, and I didn't feel like digging to the bottom of my old rusty pile of tools to wrestle a nut that I can zing loose in 2 seconds with my impact wrench.

Fourth, yes I am a bit ignorant about intricate details of 2 strokes, I'm trying to learn a thing or two. I wasn't born knowing this stuff. I cut my teeth on 4-stoke stuff.

Fifth, maybe it is a dumb question, but see the fourth comment about being born knowing this stuff, I'm going to use this saw for some heavy duty milling, and don't want to burn it up.

Sixth, I've run out of reasons, now don't we all feel stupid.

 

[rb_in_va]

Shade,

I got an 066 not long ago too. I got it for use with my Alaskan. Some folks even recommend the 088 (that should really get Rocky freaked out) for milling. Although for me, I thought the 066 would be more versatile. Have you cut any wood with yours yet? I used mine once to cut up some oak (already down from Isabel). Man that thing's got power! Anyway, post some pics when you get some lumber made. I will too, later, Roger.

 

[Shade]

What's your problem dude? I said "nut" not "nuts" An impact wrench is a handy way to get the nut off of the crank. Unorthodox?, maybe, but it works as long as you're turning everything the right way. If I were dumb enough to try to tighten/loosen bar nuts with an impact, I doubt that I'd be able to use the internut.

rb, that's what prompted this, I have several friends with some nice trees down from isabel. one of them's a 3' diameter at the butt oak tree, that goes 40 feet or so without a limb, and a few big pines that went with it.

I was going to use an old 041 that I borrowed from my dad, but the more I researched things, the more I realized that I needed something with some more balls. Besides, I don't want to blow his saw up, he'd have a complete fit, even though he hasn't used it since he bought his 028, you know how people are with their saws.

Depending on how well this rig works, I may rig up something to just put an electric motor to drive the chain, and fix up the external oiler. I'll see how everything works. that'll probably be more trouble than it's worth to get everything lined up right, and weigh a ton to boot.

 

[sedanman]

Shade, Don't use an impact wrench on your crankchaft, EVER! The jolts that make the impact wrench work so well are potentially very harmful to the alignment of the crankshaft (it's multiple pieces pressed together) or to the flywheel key. The proper way to loosen flywheels and clutches is to use a piston stop. The least damaging of these is a piece of rope inserted in the spark plug hole. When using a piston stop be sure you are not stressing the starter mechanism. Be totally safe and remove the starter (4 bolts on an 066) Rocky is a little "less than tactful" sometimes but knows what he's talking about. Public relations isn't his calling, that's why he climbs trees.

 

[dozerdan]

Shade
The way it looks to me in the picture is what they normally look like when the tube from the oil pump has a hole in it. There seems to be excessive oil on the top and running out the bottom of the clutch cover but none running off of the bar in front of the cover. That make me believe that the oil isn't making its way to the bar. I have seen this happen more then once on the 034/036s and it looks just like yours.
I wanted a picture to verify that it does or does not have the oil line. The 066 didn't use one but the 064 does. I think that maybe you have an 064 with a 066 top cover on it. That's why I wanted a picture.
Later
Dan

 

[rb_in_va]

Originally posted by RockyJSquirrel
If you need a day to remove the bar and chain, you have no business running that saw.

He said this saw will be used for milling. When mounted in a portable mill, there far less chance for injury.

Yes my statement is politically incorrect. But the blatentness of your ignorance in your posts tells me you have no business with that big of a saw. So shoot me.

Bang!

 

[Shade]

no oil line

Thanks to everyone for being helpful, and one last question: What is the spring in that picture's purpose?

 

[stihltech]

oiler

What we have here is an 066 that has taken a little while to adjust the carb with a non EPA friendly oil pump.


Be careful, there are many here who will want to buy ( or pilfer) this politically incorrect pump. Sleep with it in your off hours, never let it out of your site.

 

[Shade]

haha, thanks man, what's the difference in them? this one has the 1/4 turn adjustment for it's oil flow. (ok I lied, two questions)