Little Al

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Totally agree the ever more restrictive emissions forced manufactures to use more & more minute oil amounts in the "brew"to pass so this in turn if slavishly followed by Joe Public brings the failure point to nearer the end of warranty "the repairs are going to cost you £400 sir a replacement saw would be more economical way out "oh Mr saw maker another pile of spares or new saw in shorter time period more £ $ € yippee

Thanks for your reply The boss man abucussed the numbers & found the price difference was sufficient of a no go we get our fuel mix & bar oil from an independent company of blenders (Ex ELF Guys) so the the "Brew is tailored to suit conditions Our fuel is E free so that's one less problem

What are the perceived advantages of Aspen bar oil & its use I can understand the possible advantages of the fuel ( never used it as commercially we use to much & within the time frame of pump fuel )Aspen fuel price would be prohibitive but even bog std reclaimed oil works with tacifier & the passed sell by date is a long time hence

Try adding diesel 3/4 parts oil 1 of diesel to aroud a gallons worth of oil& try see what happens we get our oil from an independent blender (Ex Elf guys)we get 2 grades of oil &separate taccifier & brew to suit ,weather, job, etc. modern saws tend to be stingy on oil delivery

The saws being produced by Efco are "home owner " enthusiastic amateur" models not 'big boys " toys apart from the big 2 Dolmar & it's blue/grey step brother are the only saws to be classed in the Pro range models some of the older mg saws could hold their own but not on a full time basis I have a soft spot for "Alpina Prof Range" but the spares situation is a "Rocking horse poo" set up now

Not sure on the Final outcome but there was a Dolmar " wankel" for sale on Ebay .fr a couple of months back after a slow start the bidding got to a bit of a frenzy & with a half a day or so to go had reached €1700 's just over £1500 no idea if this is within the ballpark price wise.

I think your maths is skewed the difference twixt 22/25 is three thou

Have you checked if the oil hole & bar groove are clean of wood crap also the oil hole s lining up with the oil slot run the saw set up & then take the chain off & see if oil flows a long the bar grove OK try flipping the bar make sure the nose sprocket less chain spins free & doesn't have a tight spot

Following on with the regional thing or even country wise not even a mention for one of the worlds best selling brands GODIN & they've been at it long enough to know what's what.

The saws our fallers use in a commercial set up often get around 2000 hrs before consideration is given to trading in, regular servicing, mix ratio of 32/1,with muffler mod ,& swap of limited rev coil,+a careful eye/ear on tuning seems to keep them up together

Get a couple of 5MM Time Serts Find them superior to Helicoils if you are handy you can dill the fastener heads & wire lock suggest you us new M5 bolts

The easiest way I have of finding him is bring up E bay.com, Bring up Oleo Mac chainsaws scroll down until From Greece comes up on listing that's the one you want Goes under the name Dandrikop

The Greek guy on Ebay is reliaable & usuall has good stock goes under the name Dandikorp or Dandrikorp

My neighbor bought his elderly dad one from Lidl as far as I know he used it around 15 mins & then tossed it in a container he keeps his "Maybe useful junk" in don't know the problem