Oil Ajustment On 361

tdb · Aug 13, 2006

Love this site , have learned a lot in the short time I have been here , I liked the thread about felling and bucking wedges , I have never had a wedge before , now I have 2 , anyway , I picked up a stihl 361 a few weeks ago ,and I can't fined the oil adjustment for this saw , I have a manual on the way , could someone help me out , I think the bar and chain are to dry . Thanks Ted.

Lakeside53 · Aug 13, 2006

On the bottom of the saw on the chain side there is a hole. Stick a screw driver in it. The screw only turns for part of a full rotation - one way is max and the other min. The direction is engraved on the case bottom. Just turn it to max.

tdb · Aug 13, 2006

ajustment

Thanks Lakeside ,that did the trick . Ted.

SawTroll · Aug 14, 2006

Just remember that the Stihl Oilomatic system is designed to put the oil where it counts, and not sling a lot of it off, so the bar and chain will look dryer on the outside than other designs.

coveredinsap · Aug 14, 2006

Um, I was always under the impression that bar oil served a twofold purpose, to put oil on the bar/chain to lubricate the metal to metal surfaces, and to put oil on the chain to lubricate the chain's cut in the wood.

manual · Aug 14, 2006

SawTroll said:
Just remember that the Stihl Oilomatic system is designed to put the oil where it counts, and not sling a lot of it off, so the bar and chain will look dryer on the outside than other designs.

Hmmm. I understand Stihl's oilmatic system. The question I have then wheres does all the oil go. If its not slingging it off.

sawinredneck · Aug 14, 2006

No SAP, it really has nothing to with lubricating the cutting wood, the cutters are really just tearing the wood chips. As the wood is so much softershouldn't be that much heat from that, just friction heat. Just to lube the metal to metal surfaces mainly. If you crank it up, as I like to, it does seem to help with the cooling as the excess oil will pull some of the heat with it as it is thrown from the chain. I figure bar oil is cheap, chains and bars are expensive (OK, bar oil is kinda cheap, for the moment at aleast), cheap insurance.