Are Stihl Flippy Caps Supposed to Squeak and Leak?

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I have a love/hate relationship with them
Mines much more on the hate side. I've had them not lock multiple times and got the oil bath of shame down my leg; sure it's operator error, but if the engineers at stihl used KISS like husky, that wouldn't be a problem. I love husky flippies...
I keep them and the filler openening clean
How, with the catch a chip lip and all the crevasses around the oil fill 😏. On my little ms201 rear handle, I'm going to cut that stupid lip right off next time I have a min and I think about it, unless someone can come up with a great reason I shouldn't.
Why is that lip there, to get broke off, to keep the string that hold the flippy out of all the chips, that it created :dumb:. If the case was smooth a quick wipe with your finger and it would be clean, and none of the chips around the oil cap would fall into the tank.
I'll keep going if someone would like :laugh:.
 
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