Chainsaw Bar oil filling technique

[Richard]

I take a phillips screwdriver, punch a single hole in the foil cover of the bar oil bottle and use that small hole as my automatic flow control valve.

I use to remove entire foil top and on more than one occasion, had an overflow issue. I then went to using a funnel which gets dirty and doesn't allow you to see the level of oil inside the saw... then one day, the light went off for me.

Punching a small hole (only) in the foil, might take a bit longer to fill, but I have much better control of the flow, no dirty funnels to deal with, much less overspill on saw to deal with. I like the better control of the flow the smaller opening gives me.

I highly doubt I'm the first one to think of this, but I do not recall this tidbit ever mentioned here, so maybe it will help someone like it has me.

Richard

 

[Boondox]

I've never had much trouble with spillage, but don't like lugging a gallon jug around. So I bought one of those restaurant-style ketchup squeeze bottles and take that. Usually I just unscrew the top and pour, but it would be just as easy to use the spout.

Pete

 

[Egon]

" I highly doubt I'm the first one to think of this,"

Here's one dummy that hasn't.

Egon

 

[kcbarnes]

I use a cleaned out "Downey" fabric softner container, holds about a half gallon and has the no drip cap with a pouring tongue to get it in the opening.

 

[Will_C]

I have used the empty maple syrup jugs before (the squeeze ones with the pull out spout.) I don't use them much anymore, I guess I have the pouring technique down better!

 

[centex]

I tried this with other things but quit after a couple of the foil seals decided to come off while I was pouring and made a big mess.

 

[Youare]

In the saws that I do operate now I have no problem pouring oil from a gallon jug into the oil tank. I have found that any saw you have to turn on it's side to fill is easier than the saws I had where the fill holes were located on the top.

I did see a neat dispencer unit at the local industrial supply house, it had an adjustable spout that came off the side and a handle opposite the spout for pouring. As you twist the spout it goes from off to open in a graduated fashion. It was made of heavy plastic and came in different volume capaticies.

I still like the gallon jugs, no transfering oil from one container to the other or forgetting to fill the jug in the morning. /w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif

Randy

 

[Anonymous Poster]

Did they quit making drygass bottles? Those babys made the perfect funnels for filling chain sawa when the bottom was cut off.

 

[Anonymous Poster]

My Dad used old dish soap bottles--the ones where the top pushes down to close and pulls up to open--very common. I still use the same one he used to take out with him. Good control and seals good enough to be thrown in the back of the truck.

 

[djradz]

We use the old fabric softener/liquid detergent bottle technique. Seems to work great on a number of differt saws. You'll want to find a bottle that has a reasonably small spout however to get the greatest benefit from the technique.