I've posted about this before, in this thread:
I called the shop and asked if blowing some compressed air thru the tank, maybe with some kind of makeshift rubber stopper w/hole in center, might help. The lead tech there told me, start with the groove where the oil emerges. Sometimes a quick blast there will clear whatever is keeping it from coming thru.
I am now in the habit of finishing my cuts with a burst of full throttle to clear the sawdust, and checking for oil after almost every cut. When I'm done for the day, before I power the saw down, I'll check for spray before I kill it. I even have a brush tied to my oil jug, which allows me to clear excess sawdust and dirt away from the caps before I open them. I'm doing everything I can to prevent this bulls__t from happening.
Hopefully the compressed air will do the trick. The trek to the shop, and the $$ shop time... PITA for something that's never happened to me before I purchased this MS194T. Good saw tho, other than that. I may like it better than my 201. I think it does better on fuel. Only thing is it's not spec'd for a 16" bar. But when you look @ the price difference... Jesus!
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I called the shop and asked if blowing some compressed air thru the tank, maybe with some kind of makeshift rubber stopper w/hole in center, might help. The lead tech there told me, start with the groove where the oil emerges. Sometimes a quick blast there will clear whatever is keeping it from coming thru.
I am now in the habit of finishing my cuts with a burst of full throttle to clear the sawdust, and checking for oil after almost every cut. When I'm done for the day, before I power the saw down, I'll check for spray before I kill it. I even have a brush tied to my oil jug, which allows me to clear excess sawdust and dirt away from the caps before I open them. I'm doing everything I can to prevent this bulls__t from happening.
Hopefully the compressed air will do the trick. The trek to the shop, and the $$ shop time... PITA for something that's never happened to me before I purchased this MS194T. Good saw tho, other than that. I may like it better than my 201. I think it does better on fuel. Only thing is it's not spec'd for a 16" bar. But when you look @ the price difference... Jesus!
