David Hornor
Dances With Trees, I slobber my slabber knocker.
I've been around Chainsaws all my life. Not an expert, but I've cut a bit of wood. Never had a big one before, but I recognize a warning when I see one. So here it is. I bought a used Stihl 880 that runs well. I bought a new Stihl Duramatic hardnose 47" bar on ebay. I bought a chain to match from my local Stihl dealer. I put it all together today, and it's throwing sparks off the tip. I shut it down immediately and manually oiled the length of the chain, and checked for proper tensioning. Fired it up again, now it's throwing sparks and smoking. Shut her down again. Barehanded the bar, not really hot. Fingered the chain, actually cool. Fired her up again, no more sparking, but smokes at full throttle along the length of the bar. Figured I better not smoke the bar, so I shut her down. Is this typical of a new longsaw and it will break in? Or do I have a problem with the oiler?