Bar Oil Leak in 346XP

[redlaker1]

mine was the one piece type,   I think its been 3 or 4 years since I did it

[snowstorm]

my 346 dosent leak oil but if layed on its side the gas smell is so bad i cant leave it in the cab of the fowarder so i bought a sthil it dosent stink

[g_man]

My saw doesn't leak anymore. Been using it for a week and still OK.

The one piece oil pipe that I ordered and planned to use in place of the two piece pipe would not fit. So don't try that idea.

When I put it back together I took the original tank pickup pipe and cleaned it and the tank hole all up. I put a thin layer of Gasoila pipe dope on the tappered part of the pipe where it fits into the tank hole. After I inserted the pipe into the tank and mounted the oil pump to hold it in I reached into the tank through the oil fill hole with a pair of long nose pliers, grabbed the pickup on the end of the hose  inside the tank and gave it a couple good pulls to seat the tappered part of the hose into the hole under the oil pump.

I just tried it and didn't really expect it to work but it seems to have done the trick.