Bar oil in ...the gas tank

[doc henderson]

Yes this was a saw bought for my son when he was about 13 y/o and 100 pounds.  it threw a chain once and broke the side cover.  it is nice up in a bucket since you can start it with 3 little slow pulls instead of 1 big one.  It is not for everyone and is what it is.  it served my son well, and now he is 19 and has a bigger saw.  @buckthorn give an update when you have it.  hope you get it sorted out.

[buckthorn]

Sorry for the delay in reporting back. Even though I'm working from home now, there doesn't seem to be any extra time to fiddle around with my implements. Anyway, number one: changing the chain makes no difference; Number two: it turns out that my 18-inch bar won't install on the 250 because of the stupid quick tensioning sprocket (hating it more and more), which is too small to fit in the bar holes. So I have no other bar to try.

Having said that, I swear the 16-inch bar is *clean*. There's no gunk anywhere near or around the oiling holes; the rails are clean and clear. And there's oil flowing out of the oil port; either it's coming out too fast, or the bar/chain aren't taking it up quickly enough. To my eye, it's coming out pretty fast; it pools up around the sprocket within 5-10 seconds of running the saw. I guess maybe I can try turning down the oiler screw, if that's possible. Otherwise it might have something to do with the pump/seals, etc. I'm going to run it again without the bar and check whether any oil is coming from the clutch area (I think I already might have already that, but it's getting harder to remember).