Okay so I have this little 018 on my bench. Won't oil correctly. With bar off, I fired it up and reved it for a bit. Oil comes out of the oil port, but very slow and with lots of bubbles. So, I pulled it apart. Oil hose seems fine and the saw does not leak. Blew out the filter and hose with air gun. All clean. Tank clean. Pulled oil pump. Seems tight (not sloppy loose) and very clean. Dipped inlet side in oil and spun the pump by hand...oil comes out of outlet as it should. Blew out the oil port (from pump to bar) with compressed air...all clean. Put it back together, filled oil tank, fired it up. Pumped oil just a little bit better. Put bar and chain on and fired it up again....nothing. Pulled bar and chain, fired it up...nothing...no oil coming out of port at all.
So, based on this info, what would you folks think is the problem? Oh and to go along with this....is the oil hose pickup supposed to protrude up into the forward portion of the oil tank? Or is it supposed to stay down in the lower (rearward) section (where I currently have it positioned)?
So, based on this info, what would you folks think is the problem? Oh and to go along with this....is the oil hose pickup supposed to protrude up into the forward portion of the oil tank? Or is it supposed to stay down in the lower (rearward) section (where I currently have it positioned)?