TurtleWoods72

Oh god no, not Alko. That means the end of Solo quality for sure. The new Solo will be flimsy, light and built to a price, I dare guess. Not letting go of my babies now.

How does this unit compare to the Portek ones?

Are you talking for domestic or farm heating John mate?

Possibly, let's see if we need to explore that avenue. Thanks mate. Exactly what I'll be doing tomorrow! (well the sae30 bit lol) This will prove nothing, other than that I have a bar, a chain (now scorched) and a crank case, which I've meticulously cleaned like a new pin all afternoon to my girlfriends delight. Stihl oil is like piss, being the key phrase here. Their pumps, channels and bars are all designed to pump and distribute piss, not honey. We might be onto a winner here, thanks! If it's too thick it won't be able to enter the bar at all via the pin prick diddy hole on the Stihl bar is my reckoning. Like trying to spread marmite over a cheese grater rather than dousing it in washing up liquid. Yes that's how my mind works

I think it might be that honey-like Makita oil to blame. From an Amazon review: "Well, it is chainsaw oil, not much to discuss. It does its job, and it sticky and dense so it does not fling off easily. That said, it turned out to be a little too sticky for the auto oiling system of my Worx electric chainsaw. There was too little oil being dispensed through the oiler. Adding a little thinner to the oil fixed the issue." Bingo.. Maybe?

Oh mate thanks for your concern (and advice). My shakra is aligned. My zen all calm. The Husqvarna fans are welcome to chip in and advise on what I should have bought instead. Fact is, I got what was going. I like my Stihl. It's wicked and has taught me how to strip down a saw and learn how they work. My boring saw at work never gave me this education, so they were worse purchases. Stihl is the way forward. Master Chainsaw Tech Qualification with free practice saw to boot. Gotta love it. (Plus the Orange on Husqvarna saws clashes with my trousers.)

Oak is what I needed cutting to clear some room, sorry I didn't realise it was the worst wood for my test. However if the chain gets griddle hot on oak, the whole saw ain't much use to me. I'm still chuffed, in fact I've learnt a lot more about chainsaws than I previously knew having spent hours on every Internet forum in the world. Plus the numerous strip downs I've performed. It's a brand new saw with a brand new chain in a brand new bar, all Stihl 3/8 0.62 and as supplied by Stihl main dealer. No bad matching, sharpening or wear, thanks anyway. No splits in brand new oil pipe either. This has been checked. My thoughts are, bent bar, one of the bar studs being loose causing a gap, or hole on bar too small for the Makita oil to flow through freely. Mate I appreciate it, I'll take you up on that if I can't break the back of it myself, I've got a plan, read below my man... Bar and chain were brand spanker and have overheated from scratch, cleaned the living daylights out of them with brake cleaner, cardboard and all manner of implements. Everything has been cleaned back to 'new saw' standards in my 30 minute old saw at least 4 times now. Ok, here's where I'm taking this next: Being an engineer of sorts I'm thinking one of these things is wrong: Either the bar is no mating to the surface of the saw body as suggested above. If this is the case I need to check stud tension and trueness, although being brand new, the latter shouldn't be a factor. Or, the hole is too small in the bar (common reports of this on other forums) and needs opening up. Or, the Makita oil I've filled it with is too damn thick and goopy to work with this bar amd chain combo. Going forward, I'll check the stud tightness, if that's not an issue, I'll drain the Makita oil and flush with 2 stroke mix, then refill with a litre oil like veg oil or 5w30 motor oil and try again. If all these show no improvement I'll drill the bar hole out and see where we go. Then there are loaned bars, new bars, dime bars, and happy hour bars all to help me .

No it wasn't a reject / factory second. Brand new boxed stock from the Stihl dealer in Northants. I have the paperwork and PDI sheet. Never been used, sealed bar and chain no scuffs or marks whatsoever. I bought it off a lady whose late husband owned an MS391. She'd been burgled and the saw was taken. Insurance company replaced it despite her asking for the money instead since she had no intention of using a chainsaw. She sold it to me, with all supporting paperwork from dealer, and in the original box with all the manual, tools and gizmos. Right, now we've cleared that up, an update: Last night I cleaned it all up and this afternoon refuelled it and topped up the bar oil. A wood chopping I did go.... Bloody weird, as in the wet wood AT FULL REVS I could see a darker black strip just under the cutting part of the bar, oh goody I thought, it's oiling ok. Stopped and checked visually as told to do. Chain looked dry as a bone Cut a few more big rounds of oak up and then stopped. The chain was discoloured from the heat and had orangey bluey area. Smoke was oozing off the hot exhaust from the bar oil splattered on it. I went indoors defeated. The nuts that hold the bar on were almost too hot to touch ten minutes later. The chain too was roasting even after I'd got changed out my PPE into my latex onesie. I checked the oil worm thing and it was riding the clutch like a goodun. Oil was weeping from the oil slit thing (next to the bar) as per my first 'bar off' test. I am almost certain the problem lies with the bar, not the saws oil feed. My options are to buy a new bar and chain, try one from another saw (not so keen) or to drill the holes on my Stihl bar out to I prove oil circulation. I couldn't find where the pipe runs for the tank to the oil pump but the small connector from the housing to the pump and the feed line to the slit part looked ok. Bar suggestion purrleeeze. P.s I Stihl love it, despite it being a bag of horse dung !

I suppose the seller means well and thinks that someone may heat their house for a few weeks after putting a bit of graft in to collect and process the wood. The comment about paying for damage was probably a caviat to deter hoards of gypsies descending on her with MS170s and trampling her garden to shreds. Maybe we are too quick to judge, since a fiver isn't much in today's terms. How many nets of garage forecourt firewood can you score for a fiver? One?

Oh I saw all levels of it, it just tickled me all the same. So much fan-boy action on this forum it's always a good laugh.

Snigger.

Does nobody read anything I wrote on here? It was a private sale. The deals done, I own the saw. I'm not a pro user and don't want anything lairy and tuned, just an old plodder that can do the bigger stuff year in year out. If you got a bargain, great! I still consider that I did too. Let's not be melodramatic over a slight break in glitch that is most likely 'user error'.

When you've stepped down off your high horse, taken some lessons in detecting 'sarcasm' to complement your lessons in 'irony', two traits Americans are well known to be void of, read my post a second time. I defended Breaking Bad because I and millions of others found it a well made, well written, and superbly acted and shot series. A true modern classic. As for your 'holier than thou' condemnation of 'celebrating the sale of drugs for profit' or whatever, oh come on, did you also hide under the bed when Miami Vice was on in the 80's ? I can only imagine you're devoutly religious like most Americans, and this topic upset your Amish sensibilities. Just so's you 'get it' I was citing Friends and the polar opposite of BB. It's one of the most purile, humour-devoid shows I've ever had to scramble to switch over from. The addition of audience 'canned laughter' at all in-opportune moments, like every 2 seconds is further evidence of its 'dumbed down for the hard of thinking' target audience. For you to miss this further highlights your lack of willingness to absorb the content of anyone's reply, since you're too busy frothing over the keyboard with your next scathing reponse. In common with the majority of Amerians, and I've 'dated' a few, you really are nurtured to believe that the USA is the centre of the universe, and all outside a squalid imitation devoid of the freedoms and privelidges you all enjoy. This notion hasn't kept up with the times, and romanticises the post war euphoria felt in the states. In reality you're a broken country, divided beyond repair, with a racial divide the size of the Grand Canyon, a gun control problem, and dietary issues that lead the world in self destructive eating and morbid obesity. Tell me that ain't true Hank? They must be using it as a stopover on the way to the Good 'Ol US of A. Correct, nobody flies to Merrica after a motorbike accident because they think they'll have their arm re-attached quicker. Roll up your sleeves and get stuck in for now. yeeehaaw.

I doubt ill ever have the honour. Just a well oiled slug of a Stihl would make me a very, very happy chappy.

I lolled a lot at this. Good spot!

Normally. As much as I enjoyed using Snap On spanners in the past, I would pass them by on cost alone, since Halfords Pro offer the same replacement lifetime warranty. Snap On for Halfords money however, that's a no brainer!

..even if you do say so yourself. Eh!

You can never have too much lubrication, as my old P.E. Teacher used to say.

Wow, all you Arbtalkers are virtually bionic! I feel left out with my boring old bones inside me instead of flashy new 'Terminator' limbs!

This thread derailed from the get go Chris. It's now turned into a slanging match between the human dodgem and tree quip, who should be resting up and relaxing. I think when foreigners poke at the British welfare state and particularly the NHS, blood pressures will always rise as its something most Britons are rightly proud of. But let's not turn this thread into an Internet slanging match while more important issues are underlying, ahem such as my MS391 not oiling well! And for the record: Breaking Bad is far far from tripe, being one of the most watchable exports from the U.S. since Cheers. I suppose most Americans prefer stuff like 'Friends', or would that be a sweeping generalisation too?

And you, Sir, are obviously not a Scholar.

Thank god just money and not your spit, eggs.

I can be in Rugby next week. If I haven't sorted it by then, we're meeting up for coffee.

Thank you Joe, what would you suggest?