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Offline Medic1

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MS391 leaking bar oil
« on: September 06, 2022, 07:51:59 pm »
Hi all.  I have an MS391 (2017 mfg date I believe) that leaks bar oil considerably during and after use.  I cleaned the bar and oil holes and looked to see that the hoses were connected as well as checking the pickup.  It did have a light weight Husky bar oil in it when I got it.  I replaced it with Stihl Platinum which slowed the leaking some.  I turned the oiler down as well but still have the same results. Not sure what are where to check now any help would be appreciated.  Thanks!

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Re: MS391 leaking bar oil
« Reply #1 on: September 07, 2022, 04:29:45 am »
Best thing to do would be to remove the bar/chain/clutch cover, clean any residual chain oil from that area, place it on some new brown cardboard, start the engine and leave it on idle and watch the oil flow and where it's coming from. If it is only coming from the feed pipe, and nowhere else, I would advise changing from the Synthetic Stihl chain oil (in the silver bottles) to a traditional stringy mineral type oil. The Stihl oil works in the opposite way to the traditional mineral oils, and is designed to be very fluid when flowing to the bar, but thickens up when agitate by the rotational action of the chain- whereas mineral oils stay thick and stringy when flowing slowly and become more runny when hot and are on the chain.

If you have a saw with a very generous flow adjustment, then Stihl oil can flow out too easily and you do get a lot of waste/leakage.

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Re: MS391 leaking bar oil
« Reply #2 on: September 10, 2022, 07:18:11 am »
Figure it out?

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Re: MS391 leaking bar oil
« Reply #3 on: September 17, 2022, 02:30:28 pm »
I still haven't figured it out.  I am also not sure what the "mineral type" bar oil is you are referring to.  I am not certain that I have seen that in the U.S.

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Re: MS391 leaking bar oil
« Reply #4 on: September 18, 2022, 06:15:57 am »
I still haven't figured it out.  I am also not sure what the "mineral type" bar oil is you are referring to.  I am not certain that I have seen that in the U.S.

I think he is talking about using the regular dyno bat oil. Like stihl orange bottle or any bat oil at TSC, Menards, Rural king etc. Cam2. Poulan etc.

I bought this last time at RK 6.99 a gallon. Usually Cam2 but they were out so this. All were good.









 

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