Late Model Homelite Super 2 & XL's With Oil Flow Valve

[onlyhomelites]

Do you have a saw that looks like this with a selectable flow valve for the automatic oiler? Have your tried everything, but it just won't oil? There's all the standard stuff (oil hoses, duckbill valve, etc...), but the most common problem is actually an assembly mistake by the last tech to work on the saw. The oil selector valve is one-way only; if the hoses are hooked up backwards, it will not oil. I came across this condition in the pictured saw today. Once I reversed the hoses, it worked great. The setup is not at all intuitive...the hose that goes down to the bar pad must connect to the top of the oil valve and the hose coming from the oil tank must connect to the center of the valve. This creates awkward hose routing and this is why so many saws are reassembled incorrectly. If the hoses haven't been cut too short, you can usually fix this by just pulling the valve out of the case. Otherwise you need to open the saw up and put in some new hoses. IN that case, I usually make the hose about 1" longer than stock to account for repairs down the road. Hopefully this tip will help folks avoid unnecessary frustration with one of these saws!


P7180001 by Leon Crouch, on Flickr

P7180002 by Leon Crouch, on Flickr

[kmswr]

I checked mine but they looked correct,,, is there a pressure value,, 5 Psi that the carb should put out to pressurize the oil tank? I have a hose off the carb that goes to the oil tank not crankcase or oil pump diaphragm.

[onlyhomelites]

That's a similar enough system; is the check valve in the oil tank on that pressure line still there and in good shape?