Comments on: Knowing When to Use Your Chain Saw Sharpener http://chainsawsharpenersguide.com/knowing-when-to-use-your-chain-saw-sharpener/ Sat, 03 Jul 2010 17:23:52 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Jason http://chainsawsharpenersguide.com/knowing-when-to-use-your-chain-saw-sharpener/comment-page-1/#comment-494 Jason Sat, 03 Jul 2010 17:23:52 +0000 http://chainsawsharpenersguide.com/?p=7#comment-494 20:1 is more oil than 40 or 50:1, since the first number is fuel, and second the oil. It would make sense imo that working the saw real hard by having a dull chain could cause overheating, especially if the cooling fins are covered with oil. 20:1 is more oil than 40 or 50:1, since the first number is fuel, and second the oil. It would make sense imo that working the saw real hard by having a dull chain could cause overheating, especially if the cooling fins are covered with oil.

]]> By: Joe http://chainsawsharpenersguide.com/knowing-when-to-use-your-chain-saw-sharpener/comment-page-1/#comment-477 Joe Tue, 18 May 2010 01:54:48 +0000 http://chainsawsharpenersguide.com/?p=7#comment-477 I no expert by any means but your fuel/oil mixture should probably be more towards 40:1 I have an older Mac-610 and i run 40:1 to 50:1 better to have more oil than not enough and seize your motor. Good Luck I no expert by any means but your fuel/oil mixture should probably be more towards 40:1 I have an older Mac-610 and i run 40:1 to 50:1 better to have more oil than not enough and seize your motor.
Good Luck

]]> By: Wes Wilkinson http://chainsawsharpenersguide.com/knowing-when-to-use-your-chain-saw-sharpener/comment-page-1/#comment-378 Wes Wilkinson Wed, 03 Mar 2010 04:14:11 +0000 http://chainsawsharpenersguide.com/?p=7#comment-378 I have a Mac-130, and it hasn't been ran in at least 10 years. Today I mixed some gas 20:1 and set the sparkplug gap at .025, like some guys said to do on this other site. It fired right up and ran like a champ...for about a half hour. Then it started overheating.I'm not an expert on chainsaws, but I'm pretty sure you want the chain to spit out flakes, right? It was doing that for awhile, then it started spitting out fine dust. Anyway, like a ding-dong, I kept pushing it. I guess my question is: Would cutting with a dull chain cause the thing to overheat so bad that the fuel would boil in the tank? I mean, the saw became so hot I could barely hold onto it any longer. Thanks I have a Mac-130, and it hasn’t been ran in at least 10 years. Today I mixed some gas 20:1 and set the sparkplug gap at .025, like some guys said to do on this other site. It fired right up and ran like a champ…for about a half hour. Then it started overheating.I’m not an expert on chainsaws, but I’m pretty sure you want the chain to spit out flakes, right? It was doing that for awhile, then it started spitting out fine dust. Anyway, like a ding-dong, I kept pushing it.

I guess my question is: Would cutting with a dull chain cause the thing to overheat so bad that the fuel would boil in the tank? I mean, the saw became so hot I could barely hold onto it any longer.

Thanks

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