TJG
New member
- Location
- Berkshire's Mass.
Not long ago I bought a MS460 from Cheat - Bay. I new the saw had after market fuel and oil caps so I asked the seller if they were and he said no they might have been they didn't have the black line on them. Got the saw gas cap leaking like crazy. Any way I put a dual port muffler on and some west coast felling spikes. Saw ran great but well oiler working fine. Today I was dropping a big Oak for fire wood behind by barn. I was set to put a rope on it but took a plumb line down looked at the tree and it had a little back lean. So I was just going to wedge it over and I had wedges driven in all around the back cut they weren't going in any further so I nibble at the hing which I thought to be at least 2" Long story short nibbled to much the side I was standing on let loose and the tree fell back and to the right missing the barn but taking out the dog kennel. I look up and low and behold she pulled into the drive way just as all that took place. Any way I am in the dog house.
Now the saw was cutting fine the log was laying on big rocks in places I hit one sharpened the chain with a file which I don't do well. I use a chain grinder. Any way refueled the saw for the third time and bar oil as usual. I use the Stihl bar oil never had a problem with it but my chain got dull quickly and I noticed the bar was dry I opened the oil cap and there was oil but it was thin and very light colored off white. So I took the bar off to see what was going on the oil hole was clean.
I started the saw to see if it was oiling and it came out in squirts at mid RPM range I have never seen anything like this before. I am thinking the worst that the crankcase was pushing air in. Or the oiler has some thing wrong. The oil was not only discolored but it was thin and not screaming hot. Please tell me this is a simple fix I bought this saw so I had one saw that I wasn't always working on. And for the power. So a real GRAND day and the weather was cold and drizzling
Now the saw was cutting fine the log was laying on big rocks in places I hit one sharpened the chain with a file which I don't do well. I use a chain grinder. Any way refueled the saw for the third time and bar oil as usual. I use the Stihl bar oil never had a problem with it but my chain got dull quickly and I noticed the bar was dry I opened the oil cap and there was oil but it was thin and very light colored off white. So I took the bar off to see what was going on the oil hole was clean.
I started the saw to see if it was oiling and it came out in squirts at mid RPM range I have never seen anything like this before. I am thinking the worst that the crankcase was pushing air in. Or the oiler has some thing wrong. The oil was not only discolored but it was thin and not screaming hot. Please tell me this is a simple fix I bought this saw so I had one saw that I wasn't always working on. And for the power. So a real GRAND day and the weather was cold and drizzling
