johnbinsc
ArboristSite Lurker
Greeting everyone,
I've been on here in years gone by with the same username, but you must have had some server change or something, because I had to re-register, and I could use the same username I had before.
Anyway, I'm just a homeowner who has a wooded lot in a wooded neighborhood, and I've taken down a few trees myself over the past 30 years or so. I have a Stihl 026 chain saw bought in the early 90s.
My question today is:
Is there some trick to getting a better seal where the fuel line enters the gas tank?
Are you supposed to use some kind of sealant?
Or just depend on the rubber grommet formed in the tube to snug up adequately to the edges of the hole?
Needless to say, I had this fuel line out recently because I was tracing down a bigger fuel leak after working on the carb. The big leak was from the plastic right angle fitting entering the carb. I thought it was supposed to swivel around! Oops. Thanks to the shared wisdom of this forum, I figured that out and for the moment I have fixed that up with JB Weld.
I'm pretty sure the remaining leak is from where the fuel line enters the tank. It only leaks when the saw is on it's side.
Thanks!
I've been on here in years gone by with the same username, but you must have had some server change or something, because I had to re-register, and I could use the same username I had before.
Anyway, I'm just a homeowner who has a wooded lot in a wooded neighborhood, and I've taken down a few trees myself over the past 30 years or so. I have a Stihl 026 chain saw bought in the early 90s.
My question today is:
Is there some trick to getting a better seal where the fuel line enters the gas tank?
Are you supposed to use some kind of sealant?
Or just depend on the rubber grommet formed in the tube to snug up adequately to the edges of the hole?
Needless to say, I had this fuel line out recently because I was tracing down a bigger fuel leak after working on the carb. The big leak was from the plastic right angle fitting entering the carb. I thought it was supposed to swivel around! Oops. Thanks to the shared wisdom of this forum, I figured that out and for the moment I have fixed that up with JB Weld.
I'm pretty sure the remaining leak is from where the fuel line enters the tank. It only leaks when the saw is on it's side.
Thanks!