Husky 51 leaking bar oil

Ok wow lots of action on here from me lately lol. So I am borrowing my fil husky 51 for the weekend to have a saw for a helper. Decided I would sharpen the chain and what not get it ready. Holy crap my fil does no cleaning on this thing.

So after breaking it down some and cleaning tons of debris out i noticed that it asically just weeps bar oil. Everything was covered in it. So how do I adjust it or look into it more on this saw. As always thanks in advance!

Seems to weep right under the chain tensioning screw.
Pile of junk that came out of this saw!!

 

Try loosening the oil cap and see what happens.

 

If you pull the sheet metal at that chain tensioner area, how much sawdust is built up behind it that might be wicking oil? I would bet that a lack of attention means a dull chain too so sawdust will be all too likely. The stuff is like beach sand, it gets everywhere that you don't want it.

 

Now that you got it cleaned up a bit start it up and see if your getting oil out of the hole or if it is pumping oil out behind the cover. If you don't get any oil outta the oil hole then pull the clutch and then the tin plate that covers the oil pump and see whats going on. Maybe the oil pump has a crack in it? I would bet it just needs some starting fluid and compressed air to get all the chit out of it.

 

Well the above answers are what I'd do first. Your recent threads are a great teaching tool for us non small engine guys!


my first answer is clean it second is take more pic

 

And how do i get the clutch off. I binded the piston and tried taking a screwdriver and hitting the clutch loose (reverse threaded i thought). That didnt seem to do anything not trying to break this

 

Nm i got it. Just needed some more oomph

 

Looks fine from what i can tell. No obvious crack in it.

 

Screw driver???? There is a hex head on the clutch for a reason you do understand. Now, clean it up and put it back together and put some earl in the tank and see where the stuff is coming from before you put the bar, chain and cover back on.

 

Yes - no need to hit this clutch like a newer 455, etc. Since you got it off, I assume you knew it was reverse thread . Is that photo after cleaning out the major packed crud or is that how it looked right away? Some of my saws will weep oil with big outside temp and pressure changes. Cheers!

 

I had a Husky 55 I bought from a member here. I ended up giving it to my BIL, in part because the thing was always an oily mess. The oiler was not adjustable, nor would it disengage with the clutch. So if the saw was left idling for any amount of time, there would be a puddle of oil beneath the clutch cover. I doubt it's 'leaking', at least anymore that it's "supposed" to.

 

Yeah I think I am going to just put it back together, throw a chain on it and then I need to adjust the carburetor, which I havent done before so should be wonderful and will try to figure that out.

 

It's a husky and more so an old husky it will leak oil! When you clean all that crud off it makes it worse as there is nothing to soak up all the oil.

 

it is not leaking....it is marking it's spot......
all great engines do, Cummins, Harley, Triumph, .......

 

Hey! My Triumph doesn't leak!

 

You mean yet? Or is it dry cause it all leaked out or you drained it for storage? Ha

 

I'm not even a bike guy and know they all leak.

 

Good place to start if you never tuned a chainsaw carb;

Saw Carb Tuning

 

Yet could be the right answer. However, I have one of the newer-fangled 3 cylinders that don't seem to have that propensity. Though I don't have a ton of miles on it it's been anvil-reliable other than a battery thus far.

 

Here I thought triumph had gotten past the point where they were fine bikes except for the electrics on them. My mid-60s Trophy 500 got a complete rewire using my own wire because I got tired of the electrical gremlins.