They nearly all leak as they get older. You may well find if you store it a certain way up, the oil doesn't leak out. I try to run mine out of oil before I store it
Most saws do, often the pump is a rotary plunger working on an axial cam, the oil can leak past the sides of the plunger, from a breather and simply from residual oil in the outlet. Store it on a newspaper.
If you use OSR as the lubricant and don't intend using it for a while empty the tank and run a small amount of mineral oil through.
Mine leaked from day one. Taking into account the sophisticated motor and mechanical adjustments of these machines it seems as if the oil delivery was not thought properly (was it so difficult to provide a way to regulate the oil flow?) It leaks ALL oil left in the deposit. (so I need to refill everytime I use it again)
There's a claim here, the oil is propelled by an oil pump that runs off the throttle.
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The chainsaw sump is only meant for chainsaw oil, not motor oil, not synthetic (low viscosity) motor oil.
Chainsaw oils (red tinted) come in "summer" and "winter", the winter being thinner for low temperature outside work. Like felling trees after an ice storm. The summer oil is thicker, so some of it will stay on the bar and chain.
And that's different than the mechanism that keeps a gasoline engine piston lubricated. That's just the chain oiler mechanism. The chain oiler window should have the "red tint" showing.
Well it's certainly wrong for one of my (three) chainsaws, mine had a little cam driven pump. Admittedly mine are electric so running off the throttle isn't very likely! :-)
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