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I've only just got round to ringing Husqvarna to sort this out, the guy at Husqvarna said just to take it in again with my receipt and say I've spoken to them and my dealer should look at it. So I'll try again tomorrow and see how far I get!

 

 

If I ran the saw with a slack bar ( be very very carefull ) the oiler worked, tighten it up and it stopped as the channel colpased in on itself.

 

I tried this and sure enough it was oiling the bar ok then so it must be something to do with the channel collapsing when it's tightened up properly...

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I've only just got round to ringing Husqvarna to sort this out, the guy at Husqvarna said just to take it in again with my receipt and say I've spoken to them and my dealer should look at it. So I'll try again tomorrow and see how far I get!

 

 

 

 

I tried this and sure enough it was oiling the bar ok then so it must be something to do with the channel collapsing when it's tightened up properly...

Good luck with it this time.:thumbup1:

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I've got the same problem on my 440e - it is three years old with farm use and was fine till last month. Oil pours out when bar is off and there is a little bit of oil flick. Not as much as the old Husqy beast (circa 1980) but I thought that was just more exact oil metering after 30 years progress and non flick oil.

 

I hope I haven't warped the bar - I've just coughed up for a new one and the same thing is happening, so that would be two ruined. I've got a quick tensioner and I'm a bit weedy so I doubt I am doing it too tight. Each time I clean the whole lot assidiously but it has happened four or five times now.

 

Deformation of the rubber would fit, though, seeing as I have replaced the bar and oil comes out when it is off ... haven't changed the chain but it only has 10% wear.

 

BTW, I've been cutting fresh sycamore and then half seasoned oak and ash and not at crazy angles (that was my other thought).

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Over the 3 years how have you found your 440? Reliable? :)

 

Within 5 hours it was running for 10 minutes, then failing. Had it fixed and then it was fine for say 20 hours then it would not stop(!?!) the only way to stop it was to turn on the choke to stall it. I bought it from Mole Valley Farmers - a half hour drive away but they were really helpful. Unfortunately they do not repair chainsaws and the well known Exeter firm who do took weeks and weeks. I was talking about a small claims court when I got it back. Bought a Bosch electric chainsaw to keep me going so I didn't run out of firewood and I have to say that has defied all expectations - brilliant!

 

Someone told me it was a known fault with those saws but MVF said (not unreasonably) that Husq were not a company to put known faulty saws on the market. Since then it has been good until now.

 

The farm has a big old Husqy, now failed but hung on for years because people reached by choice for the little Stihl. This Stihl lost compression after say 10-15 years and then the next one siezed after half that. I know that is a fair long time, but they don't get much use on the farm....

 

I honestly can't recommend either Stihl or Husq.... at what point does the industry go the way of the motorbike industry and everyone buys cheap, reliable Japanese ones?

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  • 4 weeks later...

Belated Update:

 

Finallly got my mate to show me how to strip it down to the oil pump - it was really gummed up......

Since this, the same thing happened again when I was using it on its side to tidy up a stump in the bank. I am glad it didn't happen five minutes earlier when I was halfway through the felling cut.....

Now I know to only use it on one side (ie engine above bar, not below) - is this the same with all saws?

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