I need to work on my saw, but it's not a Stihl, mine's a cheapo Poulan but it does everything I need it to. It's doing the bogging down thing lately, I have to squeeze the throttle slowly until it reaches full throttle, then let it rev all the way up before cutting. Sound like I'm getting air in the line to you?
On another note, we too have a guy at the FD that works on Stihl, Husky and Echo saws at the local COOP. He says most of his business comes from ethanol gas. He has no problems with the guys that use their saws daily, the only thing they come in for is filters and new chains. It's the guys that use their saw once a year, then toss it in the garage with fuel in it and never run it again until the next year. The next time the start it up, the fuel "gone bad" (I think it collects water or something) and the saw will seize up. Says the only thing you can do then is replace the cylinder and piston.
On another note, we too have a guy at the FD that works on Stihl, Husky and Echo saws at the local COOP. He says most of his business comes from ethanol gas. He has no problems with the guys that use their saws daily, the only thing they come in for is filters and new chains. It's the guys that use their saw once a year, then toss it in the garage with fuel in it and never run it again until the next year. The next time the start it up, the fuel "gone bad" (I think it collects water or something) and the saw will seize up. Says the only thing you can do then is replace the cylinder and piston.
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