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To be fair all my saws leave a puddle of oil if they're left in a warm place, I assume they don't have breathers on chain oil tanks? As when low on oil the 346 seals tight, and leaving the 385 leaves a lake of oil

 

The oil tank breather is generally around the bar mount on most saws!

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My beastly stihl 171!! (use it for carving) leaks when left and leaks pretty quickly.

answer, drain it of oil.

 

Mine never used too so must be fixable!

Answer.....save up and send it to spud to get the hell tuned out of it, and whilst he's at it get the oil leak sorted haha 😄

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I've just noticed that the chain oil seems to be coming from the flow high and low screw area. Have you any idea what could be amiss?

 

You could try fitting a new pick up and exit pipes and built in unions - that would be the most probable cause of a leak.

 

To leak from the adjuster the oil would need to come down the oiler shaft and down the adjuster and that is unlikely.

 

It is worth stripping the pump out and look at the pipes and how it locates on the rubber parts - hopefully the leak would then become apparent.

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Cheers spud, I'll have to strip and have a look, it's leaking loads! When you turn the saw upside down, the oils coming from the side of the orange case where the screw is, not the other side where the chain and sprocket are.

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