On 08/04/2019 11:06, Thomas Prufer wrote:
On 8 Apr 2019 08:53:41 GMT, Tim+ wrote:

Ive turned the adjuster up to max but this doesnt seem to make any
difference. Is it time for a strip down? Its just a cheap Aldi
Gardenline 16€� saw but its perfectly adequate for my needs.

Anything to look out for?

Have you used biodegradeable chain oil? That gets gummy and clogs the
passageways with air and time, so unless you use the chainsaw regularly, it can
be a problem.

If you use the chainsaw only occasionally and a little, you can add oil
externally with an oil can, or use motorcycle chain lube in a spray can, or
somehow otherwise add lube, and just leave the oiler be...


Thomas Prufer

Thomas has made good points

Always store the saw after running mineral oil for a tank full if you
are not going to use it till next season. If it has gummed empty the oil
tank and put a cup full of white spirit in overnight but sit the saw on
something absorbent.

One should not run a saw with the chain off as the clutch can unwind on
the overrun but if you go carefully you can do it and observe the oil
being pumped out by the bar mount.

Next place to look is the oil pick up, which is weighted and like the
top of a pepper cellar, small holes to keep debris out but sometimes a
rat's turd of small bits accumulates in the flexible pipe to the pump. I
check this by using compressed air in the pipe, taken off the pump inlet
and with the pick up off.

Last check is the drive to the pump which is often a plastic gear which
might be stripped but also if the saw bogs down and the clutch stalls it
gets hot enough to melt the plastic.

Chances are it is an Einhell saw and if the pump is US not worth fixing.

AJH