not starting

Hey gang! I have a new (2 month old) ms194ce and I've adjusted myself into a hole post muffler mod. The saw has about five tanks through it, and has always had trouble starting. It's only seen motomix for fuel. The saw starts to take on the second or third pull, but when I turn both chokes off...

Hi, just got a 026 from a friend a he told me that he can not start (hard to start) it he needs to pull it 12 to star. our local Stihl dealer look at it and told us that is a model defect. do you know something that I can do for that This was only use for 10 contracts and stored is like new...

I have a poulin 4000 countervibe" . I used it a week or so ago. Start second or third pull as usual. Went to start it Monday and nothing not even a cough wanting to start. Installed a new plug gapped at .027. The fuel was a week old. Same mix used for 25 yrs. cleaned ignition module, it was...

Hi all, I was hoping someone could help me identify the issue I am having and how to go about fixing it. Based on reading post here and elsewhere, I suspect I am experiencing "hydrolock" or hydraulic locking in the crankcase ? The saw was recently (three weeks ago) running well and starting...

I'm posting to share the problem I found causing my saw not to work and no other help post I've read had this as a likely cause. As its happened to me,its real world. I run a stihl MS170 to cut firework and bought and further cheap damaged one on fleabay to fix up and take apart to learn, so as...