DCCS620 Leaking oil - Troubleshooting

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    D Barrett

    https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=DOcs38FmNJw
    This oil tank doesn’t appear to be sealed well enough. Dewalt company need to fix the poor oil tank design and give the folks who purchased it the fix too.

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    Michael Benjamin

    How do you remove the oil cap in order to install o-ring?

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    Larry McCarter

    the oil leak is not just from the filler cap. It also leaks from all the orifices - vent, output tube,etc.  Can't understand why Dewalt has not at least put a gasket sealer on all these openings - this is not a new problem.  It would take them a matter of seconds during assembly to do this.  For the home owner it's much more involved - tearing the entire maching apart, apply sealer, then reassemble the machine. 

     

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    Homer Frizzell

    I just got one of these. Love it except whenever I set it down there's a little puddle of oil left behind. I've seen videos on how to repair this but if I tried those it would not get put back together proprerly. DeWalt should foot the bill for a fix. 

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    Larry McCarter

    The recommendation to remove the oil from the chainsaw every time you use it is an insult and should be removed.  Anyone using a chainsaw frequently is just not going to do that.  I don't do it to my Stihl, and I don't have any leaks.  DeWalt needs to  fix the leak problem.  Reluctantly, I ordered another 20V Dewalt chainsaw (most of my other power tools use the same battery).  Only this time, right out of the box, I took the entire saw apart.  As indicated on a very good you-tube video, the seams in the oil tank are prime spots for leaking.  I put gasket sealer around the vent, the output tube, and the fill assembly.  Reassembled the saw and no leaks.  Instead of me taking an hour to do this, Dewalt could have this done during assembly in about 10 seconds.  I agree with Homer, Dewalt should foot the bill for this 'repair'.

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    David Ogg

    How does Dewalt not know the leak is not from the oil cap? And there is an o-ring its just not on the cap its in the neck! A blowup of Dewalts own parts diagram shows the o-ring as #67 part number DWB-90618339. But somehow they don't know there own part excists. Now everyone running around putting in a second 0-ring on the oil cap wondering why there chainsaw still leaks! Store it with the oil cap facing down yes down because the oil leaks from the opposite side not from the o-ring thats already there! Stored mine on its side oil cap to the floor since I bought not a drop!

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    Scott

    This issue is actually a huge safety problem.  My saw leaked like a sieve form the first hour of use!  This past weekend I was limbing about a dozen fallen trees that took about 6 hours all in. By the time I was finished my leather work gloves were saturated with bar oil so much so that the saw was moving all over in my grip or lack there of and even climbing in and out of my tractor was difficult and dangerous as I could not properly hold on.  The tool box mounted to my tractor was coated in bar oil and by the end of my work session was covered in oil soaked wood chips. It took me 20 minutes to clean it and there was still a thick coating of oil in the bottom. This was my first Dewalt purchase and you can bet it will also be my last purchase from them.  

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