Melted 41

[RandyinLangley]

I bought a used Husky 41 a short while ago. I had some issues with it, it turned out to be the crankcase seals. I replaced them and the saw ran fine......for a day...until it melted a giant hole in the oil tank. I think I recall reading that this happened to someone else. The saw doesn't havea shield and the IPL doesn't indicate one, is this common with this saw?

 

[andrethegiant70]

Yes, I've seen this on quite a number of its Poulan cousins. Did you have a gasket on the muffler? If you had escaping gases from the manifold, you could do damage easily.

 

[andrethegiant70]

Oh, if you need a new cradle, PM, me, I have one laying around.

 

[RandyinLangley]

I had a gasket on the muffler but it appears the leak from the muffler was right at the split in the shell. A nice line about 2" long right below the split line in the muffler. Everything was VERY tight was well....

 

[timmyd]

I had the same problem with a 41. The muffler screws had loosened and then the heat burned throughh the top of the oil tank. I ground if flat, rivetted a piece of metal over the hole, covered it with epoxy and when that dried, put a double layer of metal faced insulation tape over that. When I put the muffler back on, i made sure the screws were tight. Haven't had any further problems with it.