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Originally Posted by EricG
Much warmer weather now, so I decided to try it again - the oil was very thick when I added it previously. Started right up and revved it - nothing/very little for a while, then some blobs of thick grease-like stuff flew out. Then it started oiling at what seems to be a respectable rate - though not as much as my old HD Poulan seems to do. Any tips on determining if it's pushing enough out? Since it appears to be all crapped up in there, I wonder if running a little kerosene through the oiler might help?
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Do not run something like kerosene through it, that could damage the oil pump. Did you perform all the things listed above? Like cleaning the bar, checking the oil pump, and turning up the oil?
A few ways to know if it's oiling enough. Place the tip of the bar close to pavement or a piece of wood etc and throttle up the saw. You should see a defined discoloration (oil being thrown off the chain) withing a few seconds. When cutting is the chain getting hot and burn marks on it? Also, when the saw is out of fuel there should be about 1/2 to 1/4 left in the bar oil tank.