</font><font color="blue" class="small">( I've never had this problem with mine in 30 years. )</font>
The Homelites of today (at least 15 years or so) are not the same as they were back then. My dad had one probably from the early 60’s (maybe even 50’s???) it was a big engine with compression release, and heavy. I believe the oiler on that was manual, as some commercial units are. Those old saws are what America USED to be. So many products have gone that way.....go have a look at Black & Decker cordless drills (just one name of hundreds of OEM’s)....sad. I have some old Black & Decker stuff that has lasted for decades, the new stuff....I could go on, but that’s a new thread. One walk through Home Depot and someone like myself who grew up around old multi-generation builders want to get sick seeing the throw away products. Some are good, no doubt....but years past a company built its name through years of quality, and today those names are exploited for a quick commercial buck. Placing old respected names on products where the manufacturer has no expertise is pathetic IMO.
BTW....I’ve had the Poulan and Homelite apart many times. The oiler on the Homelite is designed completely different than my Poulan (and many others) mechanically driven system. The Homelite system on the small saws has absolutely not worked in my experience. In this world of computer generated design, there is no excuse for any product that does not work.
Perhaps when I get the time I’ll start a new thread dealing with this if it doesn’t already exist....that is....”throw away products that don’t work but are using the previous good name of generations of quality to sell junk.”
Edited:
Just thought of something that made me smile. Years ago as a child and working around the construction site (ok playing in the dirt piles) I can remember the grandfather of my dad’s friend refused to use a power saw or even a manual hand saw. He used a hatchet to cut 2x4’s and used the other side to hammer with.
