Steven8439
ArboristSite Lurker
Hey guys, finally got around to purchasing a 261c. I live in Florida and took a pretty big hit from Hurricane Helene. When I got home the next morning I had a large pine tree down in my backyard that took my fence and shed out. Well, with being stressed and kind of in a hurry from that I guess when I filled my saw up with bar oil I didn't lock the cap all the way. Well about 20 to 30 minutes into cutting the tree I noticed my bar oil cap was off and immediately shut the saw off, of course there was no bar oil in it. I'm worried this might of caused damage to my brand new 261 from running it with no bar oil in. I filled it up with bar oil and made sure the cap was on tight. I probably did another hour of cutting with it at this point. Cut just fine with no problems. Bar and chain look to be completely okay. No burn marks or stress marks on the bar. The only thing I noticed is the chain looks to be awfully dry. I'm worried that running it for a little with no bar oil could have damaged the oil pump? Today I'm gonna get out there with a piece of cardboard and see if it's throwing bar oil. I just feel like I should be able to see bar oil on the chain but like I said, the chain looks pretty dang dry. Now, when I pull the chain up I can see some bar oil under the chain along the bar. Maybe I'm just over reacting cause this is my first good saw I purchased. Thank you guys.
