Hey guys, have searched here as well as google and need help. Purchased an 026 here from another member. Great saw, wanted to make it better so I did a simple muffler mod and put the saw back together. After a brief tune the saw runs and sounds great but is spraying bar oil off the saw way too heavily as well as having bar oil dripping out from beneath the bar/ clutch cover. What is going on here? Thanks for your help!
Stihl 026 oiling too much
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The oiler on the 026 runs constantly, not just when you're on the throttle like other models.
Can you put up a pict of the saw in question? I know the 025`s can spew oil but never seen an 026 that does.
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Try using bar oil.
? Using Stihl Platinum bar oil
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Looks thin.
Better try the copper grade...
Better try the copper grade...
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Just kidding, btw... I use the cheap, thick as hell stuff.
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Refuse to pay that price for bar oil...
Next step is to pull the clutch drum off, remove the E clip and slide the drum off, likely have to remove the clutch carrier and shoes as well to actually see the oil pump. I think, not totally sure but most likely that deep style clutch drum has cut into the pump housing. That type of clutch drum is for the PRO series and MS260 adjustable oil pumps.
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Run the saw with the bar/chain removed, have someone snap a pic of the oil stream.
If it were my saw, I'd be more concerned if the saw looked like that after cutting wood. The constant oiler 026s I've owned were all prolific oil producers but it wasn't an issue when I was cutting, only when testing in the garage.
You can now run the saw and determine where the oil leak is coming from.
Thanks for all your help. Only issue I can find is the side plate is warped and letting a lot of oil beneath it, which is wasting the bar oil and dumping it out the bottom. No good, especially when using platinum bar oil! Easy/cheap fix, thanks to all of you!
