Originally Posted by
Brad Schmid
Harvey,
First thing to try is loosen the oil filler cap when your done to bleed off the pressure and see if it improves. Most of my saws aren't too bad about leaking bar oil, but my 660 Mag is if I don't loosen the cap and bleed the pressure. When the heat of the summer hits and it gets over 100 in my shop, I store my saws with the cap slightly loose so when the heat causes the oil to expand, it doesn't push it out through the oiler. I never top off the oil tanks before storage for this very reason or it will overflow the filler hole.