What brings me here is my pesky tricky annoying saw, the Stihl MS (yep) 250.
What a joy. It runs an hour perfectly. Then bogs and says "I'm tired". It likes to take breaks when I want to work and vise versa.
Troubleshooting this saw is like a further insult. You do everything known to man to...
only about 50% of the time. The rpms will drop and the motor sounds like it's trying to sort a bad idle. This can also be caused if I take an ambitious bite or sweep on an angle in to the stump. High idle doesn't recover until I've either disengaged the head and rolled the dice again on...
Hi, as you may have seen on other threads I've posted today, I've bought a MS211 as a non starter for next to nothing. Managed to win the first battle and got life into it after some tinkering.
Next issue is the ungodly bogging I'm getting. Anything over 10% throttle and it sounds horrible...
Hi everyone,
I bought a MS211 in used/not working condition with the claim that it had bogging/carburettor issues... oh boy did I let myself in for a ride. I was shown the saw when I first bought it, it would idle pretty well, however even the slightest amount of pressure on the throttle and it...
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This thing is killing me. I have a Stihl MS170. Recently it started bogging down when I would put any pressure on it. The carb was replaced. Still does it. If I get the chain up to speed and put it on the wood, it cuts nicely... until I put any pressure on it. There is also smoke coming from...