Hey everyone, new to the site and liking it.
I did some searching but I couldn't quite find any with a situation with a new saw like mine. I just got a MS362 a month or so ago. I haven't had much time to cut with it. I have about 4-6 tanks worth of fuel through it. I have been around saws, but never owned by own new saw only used and none of this caliber.
I was cutting with it this weekend and only after about 3/4 of a tank the bar/chain started overheating. Being that it is new I have been checking the chain tension and adjusting as needed and it was never too tight (always moved freely on the bar by hand). I have the oiler set to high and its been going through almost 1 tank of oil per tank of fuel. I can test it out and get spray off of the end so I know it is working. I'm using Stihl bar oil. I've heard maybe a lighter oil could help but I don't think it should be doing this so new and with a light use I've put it through.
As soon as I saw smoke I stopped cutting and notice it had even burned the wood and started to discolor(overheat) the bar in the groove area. I'm afraid it already did the damage and Don't want to cut with it anymore. I only had time to clean it up before it was to dark and I couldn't dive into it deep. Any ideas before I go back out to look at it again are appreciated.
I've used it for a lot longer than the 30 minutes of cutting I did this weekend with no problems. Why did it all of a sudden start on this tree? The saw is stock with a 20 inch bar and green(low kickback) chain. I have a different chain I bought with the saw in case I didn't like the green, but haven't put it on yet because I wanted to try this chain out.
I did some searching but I couldn't quite find any with a situation with a new saw like mine. I just got a MS362 a month or so ago. I haven't had much time to cut with it. I have about 4-6 tanks worth of fuel through it. I have been around saws, but never owned by own new saw only used and none of this caliber.
I was cutting with it this weekend and only after about 3/4 of a tank the bar/chain started overheating. Being that it is new I have been checking the chain tension and adjusting as needed and it was never too tight (always moved freely on the bar by hand). I have the oiler set to high and its been going through almost 1 tank of oil per tank of fuel. I can test it out and get spray off of the end so I know it is working. I'm using Stihl bar oil. I've heard maybe a lighter oil could help but I don't think it should be doing this so new and with a light use I've put it through.
As soon as I saw smoke I stopped cutting and notice it had even burned the wood and started to discolor(overheat) the bar in the groove area. I'm afraid it already did the damage and Don't want to cut with it anymore. I only had time to clean it up before it was to dark and I couldn't dive into it deep. Any ideas before I go back out to look at it again are appreciated.
I've used it for a lot longer than the 30 minutes of cutting I did this weekend with no problems. Why did it all of a sudden start on this tree? The saw is stock with a 20 inch bar and green(low kickback) chain. I have a different chain I bought with the saw in case I didn't like the green, but haven't put it on yet because I wanted to try this chain out.