Greenstar
ArboristSite Operative
Guys, I have loved these saws for many years. I have owned 5 of them, and I learned the hard way how to maintain them...after throwing out a shoulder. You have to clean the air filter all the time if you want them to start for you.
Basically, my problems started after using vegetable oil for my chain lube into the winter. They were problem free all through the year...but once it got cold, the vegetable oil hardens up like glue, and I think it clogged up into some sort of a sap. Basically I should have known to use Canola instead, bcos it doesn't form a glue like build-up!
Basically, long story short...It seems that after they started having all kinds of oiler issues and running slowly because the bar was getting hot, thats when they stopped running smoothly. Now that was two years ago, and since then I have run gas through them, I have turned up the oiler a bunch of turns, and I have had them serviced and now got them to oil again... But still, they just don't quite seem like they run like they used to. Eventhough they oil they seem like they don't oil enough, or like they used to, and there is resistance. The other day it finally felt like I had one of them tuned properly and like it used to run...but then after about 5 minutes it seemed to start running poorly again, and wouldn't idle, and kept stalling out..etc.
I feel like I should:
A.) First I would love to get to the oiler system somehow and try to clean it all out somehow and rebuild it, just get to the bottom of that and somehow see if I can clean it out or something, to make sure the chain just flows like it used to. (Again, it just doesn't seem like its pouring the amount of oil it should...and although it will spray oil off the tip, I just wish there was a way I could measure whether its sufficient or not and if there's a problem.)
B.) Then I would like to make sure I am trying to tune this properly. I have watched many tutorials and experts, and have tuned saws over the years of my 18 years in business for myself. Most of the time they were Stihls. But if anyone has some tips on how to tune a 338xpt, a tempermental one, please give me some tips, or point me towards a link or tutorial please that would be great. I would love to be able to rule out throwing a carburetor at it! Or also...
C.) have you guys seen crank seal leaks in these cause idling issues... OR Intake leaks of some sort, or fuel line leaks... I feel like I should just go through the saws, no!? I just can't believe I cant get either of the two I have to run right now. I know it still has potential though..
my 200T is great, but it still just doesn't quite have the ergonomic feel that my 338 had. Any expert advice would help. Thanks guys.
Basically, my problems started after using vegetable oil for my chain lube into the winter. They were problem free all through the year...but once it got cold, the vegetable oil hardens up like glue, and I think it clogged up into some sort of a sap. Basically I should have known to use Canola instead, bcos it doesn't form a glue like build-up!
Basically, long story short...It seems that after they started having all kinds of oiler issues and running slowly because the bar was getting hot, thats when they stopped running smoothly. Now that was two years ago, and since then I have run gas through them, I have turned up the oiler a bunch of turns, and I have had them serviced and now got them to oil again... But still, they just don't quite seem like they run like they used to. Eventhough they oil they seem like they don't oil enough, or like they used to, and there is resistance. The other day it finally felt like I had one of them tuned properly and like it used to run...but then after about 5 minutes it seemed to start running poorly again, and wouldn't idle, and kept stalling out..etc.
I feel like I should:
A.) First I would love to get to the oiler system somehow and try to clean it all out somehow and rebuild it, just get to the bottom of that and somehow see if I can clean it out or something, to make sure the chain just flows like it used to. (Again, it just doesn't seem like its pouring the amount of oil it should...and although it will spray oil off the tip, I just wish there was a way I could measure whether its sufficient or not and if there's a problem.)
B.) Then I would like to make sure I am trying to tune this properly. I have watched many tutorials and experts, and have tuned saws over the years of my 18 years in business for myself. Most of the time they were Stihls. But if anyone has some tips on how to tune a 338xpt, a tempermental one, please give me some tips, or point me towards a link or tutorial please that would be great. I would love to be able to rule out throwing a carburetor at it! Or also...
C.) have you guys seen crank seal leaks in these cause idling issues... OR Intake leaks of some sort, or fuel line leaks... I feel like I should just go through the saws, no!? I just can't believe I cant get either of the two I have to run right now. I know it still has potential though..
my 200T is great, but it still just doesn't quite have the ergonomic feel that my 338 had. Any expert advice would help. Thanks guys.