My chain saw oiler won't work so I cleaned it out and stuck a wire in the hole and cleaned the screen on the pickup tube and tried blowing it out with compressed air but nothing. It doesn't have a pump button so it must be a automatic oiler. It's a Partner Pioneer. I think Model 7000. Any ideas? Tom

 

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On a Partner 7000, if you need a new oiler, you better hope to find a good ole dealer with a stash of parts for that model, since PArtner was bought out by electrolux, and is now a poulan like thing. have you checked the screen in the oil tank? how about for kinks on the oil hose, or possibly something not allowing the pump gears to turn.

 

I checked the screen and no kinks in the hose that I can see but I don't know about the gears as I don't really know where they are or how to get to them , Thanks JD, Tom

 

I wish I could help. But I never heard of that brand.

 

Lots of chain saws use pressure in the oil tank to push oil out thru the line to the chain. The pressure is created by crankcase pressure in some instances. I don't know about your particular saw, but if you are not getting a good seal at the fill cap, then you lose pressure buildup. Try to pressurize the oil tank and see if you get oil at chain.

 

I used to have an old 'Mac' chainsaw and the manual oiler wouldn't work. I kept a 3 lb. coffee can 3/4 full of used motor oil and every few minutes I'd stick the chain bar in the oil. Be careful if reving the saw not to hit the side of the can (leak, leak), and if reving the bar in the can watch out, cause it will throw oil pretty far.

 

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What he said. If the oil tank has the slightest leak it will not pressurize. It is not very much pressure but it needs all it can get. Some of those caps have cheep cork for a gasket and will not seal very well even when they look new. Check the pressure line from the crack case if any of this applies to your model.