038 -- Chain smoking. Bar hot. Oiler seems to work but chain is dry.

[777funk]

How about a picture of : 1) the inner guide plate installed, 2)then with bar just held on with nuts, no cover to see how well oiler hole lines up?

Sounds like a good idea. It's hard to see the oiler hole with the flash (and without it too dark), but it's direct to the oil slot in the saw.

The first picture is the saw with the plate removed.


The second is the bar installed. Hard to see the hole alignment as mentioned. But it is lined up perfectly.


Next a picture of the oiler:

 

[777funk]

I cleaned everything up, flushed the oil with gas, shop vac-ed the tank hole, cleaned the breather with a guitar string, refilled with bar oil and it seems ok now. It's not a wet chain, but no more smoke. I'd say it's fixed!