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I love my Stihl chainsaws. I have one issue with them that I can't figure out. How do you keep the chain oil from leaking during storage. I have turned them every way. Makes a mess!
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No need to keep oil in broke saws......
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I love my Stihl chainsaws. I have one issue with them that I can't figure out. How do you keep the chain oil from leaking during storage. I have turned them every way. Makes a mess! Which saw?
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I love my Stihl chainsaws. I have one issue with them that I can't figure out. How do you keep the chain oil from leaking during storage. I have turned them every way. Makes a mess! Drain tbe oil. Works every time.
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I have owned three Stihls. Regardless of position, only no-leak method I have found is to drain the chain oil before storage. Maybe some Stihl owner here is smarter than me on this one.
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I love my Stihl chainsaws. I have one issue with them that I can't figure out. How do you keep the chain oil from leaking during storage. I have turned them every way. Makes a mess! Onliest way to fix that is to buy a Craftsman chain saw.
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I have owned three Stihls. Regardless of position, only no-leak method I have found is to drain the chain oil before storage. Maybe some Stihl owner here is smarter than me on this one. My 028[36 years] has never leaked.
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Have three of them one has German writing on it. None of them leak.
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No need to keep oil in broke saws...... Lol!!
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My old Stihl has never leaked.
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store them lying on the left side
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Hmm. I have two Stihl saws and a pole saw, never had a leak. My Dewalt battery saw however leaks bar oil like a sieve.
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Buy the carrying case. I have four and four carrying cases. With a tree farm, I have gone through the rest, the Stihl saws power heads and blowers last and last.
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No need to keep oil in broke saws...... You do realize you are posting in a thread about a leaky Stihl, right?
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No need to keep oil in broke saws...... You do realize you are posting in a thread about a leaky Stihl, right? I'm sorry the joke went over your head.....or something.
I prefer peace. But if trouble must come, let it come in my time, so that my children may live in peace. ~~ Thomas Paine
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store them lying on the left side Amen..... (beat me to it).
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I wonder if it has pressure from running in the oil tank. Maybe try opening and closing the cap in the oil tank. No guarantee but won't hurt to try it
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