Poulan Pro - Oil Gunking - Pic

[Cambium]

Posted this in the helper forum. Not much action there.

I emptied the oil that looked very thick for 10 minutes upside down. Put fresh bar and chain and very little oil leaks out where it supposed to and black gunk tries to come out where the rotating wheel is.

I dont want to bring it in for service. Its 6 mths old rarely used.

What can I do or check?

 

[BarkBuster20]

By "rotating wheel" do you mean sprocket? Can you try and explain your problem with more detail, like are you not getting enough oil to your B&C? You say oil is "leaking out of your oiler" do you mean its oiling like it should or is it leaking when not running?

 

[Cambium]

By "rotating wheel" do you mean sprocket? Can you try and explain your problem with more detail, like are you not getting enough oil to your B&C? You say oil is "leaking out of your oiler" do you mean its oiling like it should or is it leaking when not running?

Thanks barkbuster20. No oil is getting to the chain when it runs. It only drips out where I put the white arrow. And theres just a lot of gunk. Rotating wheel next to the thing of the white arrow. lol (sorry dont know the termos).

Is it possible the oil hose is clogged if there is one?

 

[blades]

your oil port is blocked, remove that steel plate and clean underneath. You will see whit I mean once you remove the plate. There is a small groove/channel that guides oil to the bar/chain. One or two screws may be holding it on. On some that plate just snaps off, friction fit on studs.

 

[howellhandmade]

Make sure the oil hole in the bar is clear, too, and the groove is clean. If the tank was full of some kind of gunk the pickup tube and oil passages will be full of it, too -- might take cleaning everything out with kerosene to clear out the gunk.

Jack

 

[Wood Doctor]

Make sure the oil hole in the bar is clear, too, and the groove is clean. If the tank was full of some kind of gunk the pickup tube and oil passages will be full of it, too -- might take cleaning everything out with kerosene to clear out the gunk.

Jack

+1. Excellent advice. And, that can happen to any saw, even the the high-end Stihls. As an option to kerosene, sometimes adding an ounce or two of mixed gas to the chain oil tank will clean it out.

Cutting green wood will gum up the bar and the oil hole faster. It will heat things up and stop the chain dead as if the chain brake were on. That's been my experience.

 

[CWME]

Another tip, once you have that metal plate off and some thinned solvent in the tank,fire up the saw. Without the B+C on the oil should come out at a fairly rapid pace. Just don't rev the motor.

 

[jimdad07]

If that is the 3516 or 3816, I have one of each for limbing and trail cutting, both of mine have leaking oilers when the saw is off. Instead of replacing oilers in the saws, I just empty out what I don't use when I am done using the saws. I am starting to hear more and more about the bio bar oils doing this to saws. There are a couple of good posts in the chainsaw forum about this problem of the oil gunking up. Good luck.

 

[Nosmo]

I don't know what type bar oil you have used -- but there is a thread about mixing bio degradable oil and dino oil. The two mixed together created a gooey mess in the oil tank.


Try uncapping the oil tank after using the saw and then put the cap back on.
I know Stihl saws build up pressure in the tank to help force the oil to the pump. Release the cap and the pressure is relieved.

Nosmo