Loose oil cap.

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I don't know how I did it but there I was cutting rounds, I just filled the saw and I must have put the cap on incorrectly. Of course it took me a minute to realize, just long enough to empty the entire oil reservoir down the front of my pants. On the plus side, My boots got a well needed oiling.

 

[MasterBlaster]

Have a pair of old jeans behind the seat for when some unlucky soul gets a gas/oil soaking from an improperly-seated cap.

From here, covered in Rule 4.

 

[cory]

Lol, happens once every year or two. Nice warm oil on the pants. Good things sawdust soaks up a lot of it.

 

[SkwerI]

Used to be that could only be caused by operator error. These days the Stihl caps are prone to breaking and sometimes will fail even if you closed them correctly. I carry spares (gas and oil are different, and different saws have different caps). Thankfully I have lots of Husqvarna saws as well.

 

[MasterBlaster]

I believe in spare caps, too.

 

[squisher]

I run those new caps everyday and I've yet to have a single one break or come apart on me. Not a one.

On the otherhand I have oiled myself before. Lol.

 

[MasterBlaster]

Oil ain't so bad. It's the gas that burns like a mo fo.

 

[squisher]

Yup. I saw a guy swig gas once years back from a jet pack(slang for portable fuel containers on a belt), he thought it was his water container but it was gas. Yes I'm evil I lmao!

 

[MasterBlaster]

I might have a chuckle at that, myself!

 

[squisher]

Ahhh, it's not like it killed him or nothing.

 

[cory]

Diesel's a lot easier on the mouth than gas, if memory serves, right?

 

[woodworkingboy]

Gas in the eyes is the worst. Got a good shot recently, and no water in the shop. Ouch.

 

[MasterBlaster]

I'd try to pee in my eye...

LOL @ the visual of THAT.

 

[Tree Reb]

Yup. I saw a guy swig gas once years back from a jet pack(slang for portable fuel containers on a belt), he thought it was his water container but it was gas. Yes I'm evil I lmao!

I'm not evil and I don't like practical jokes, but some times some people just need a little hint they are just plain lazy.

Methylated spirits look a lot like water.

He got the message.

 

[stig]

Drink some milk just before filling your mouth with gas.
That helps a lot.

 

[treesmith]

I've had some trouble with the new Stihl caps. I bought a 200T off eBay last year, and it came with a leaking oil cap. Then I had a 192 start leaking oil a few weeks ago. So now I have 2 oil caps and 1 fuel cap in the box waiting.

 

[gf beranek]

how do you know when you're going to drink gas?

 

[Burnham]

The only saws I have trouble from the flip caps are the 200s...all the rest give me no grief. I've had to replace a couple of 200 gas caps that just got whacky.

 

[gf beranek]

Oiling yourself is so icky I can't stand it. Truly a fate of the woods worker.

 

[Tucker943]

Back a few years I ran an 066 that would dump oil on me often. I hated it. I can still feel my private parts getting soaked in hot oil on a hot day. You can't shake that feeling off either. Not until you shower. Once, that saw soaked my junk and my legs, so I refilled it, tightened the cap better, fired her up, and it got me again.

 

[gf beranek]

The double whammy. Can't say I ever got that. Thank fate.

 

[Tucker943]

It sucked. The second dose set me off big time. I threw that saw. It was 8 am on a Friday and there was no way for me to leave that job and clean up. I wasn't wearing chaps either. I don't believe I even knew they existed back when I worked for other companies.

 

[gf beranek]

I've had to call it quits a couple of times. I can not stand it one bit.

 

[Tucker943]

Diesel baths bother me also. Atleast gas evaporates to an extent. But diesel just sticks with you and reminds you all day that it is there. I still think a bar oil bath is the worst though. You can't forget for one minute that your legs are soaked and slimy.

 

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yeah diesel gas does suck to get on you. I paved driveways one summer and we had diesel in a pump sprayer that we would spray our equipment, tools, and bottoms of our boots with to keep the blacktop from sticking. you'd be covered with it in no time. I don't know what happened with the oil cap. can't blame it on the stihl caps 'cause it was a husky. I noticed it wasn't going on right 'cause the gasket was a little angled, so I was paying attention to it and made sure it was on right, or so I thought. it sucks when the problem is with the operator.