Run her wide open or baby it?

[ropensaddle]

Run that puppy it is like a woman you ain't gonna hurt it lol.
I run all my motors the way I expect to work them so they
are acclimated to me. Two strokes wot is the only way but
let off out of the cut I once witnessed a guy that never let
off he must have had the first diesel powered chainsaw









Now the real question to blip or not to blip lol.

 

[whitedogone]

I would never use syn oil as break-in oil. After break-in it's great. just mix reg stihl oil a little on the strong side while breaking it in. Don't run wide open if it's not under load. That's what a couple of techs told me to do. WDO

 

[blsnelling]

Full synthetic right out of the box for my saws. I don't on my cars though.

 

[SawTroll]

The reason you don't want to run it part throttle is because of the design of the carb. I'm told that they don't meter correctly at part throttle. I just avoid long extended high load cuts until it's got a few tanks through it. .....

:agree2: There is no midrange jet in the carb, H and L only, so they run lean at halv-throttle.


...but I believe extended WOT out of wood will harm the saw.

 

[SawTroll]

I would never use syn oil as break-in oil. After break-in it's great. just mix reg stihl oil a little on the strong side while breaking it in. .....

I believe that info is outdated, if it ever was true.

 

[Dan_IN_MN]

Car out of the box?

Full synthetic right out of the box for my saws. I don't on my cars though.

Car out of the box? One big box, or very small car! :jawdrop:

:greenchainsaw:

Someone (me) has too much time on his hands!

Dan

 

[Stein]

I did exactly what was said by everyone above. That said, the manual that came with my new 361 specifically stated to run partial throttle only for the first three tanks-no WOT. I assume the Stihl engineers know more about this than the rest of us, but I still ran it like I stole it. It would take quite a while to run three tanks at partial throttle.

Here is a snip of the copy of the online manual for the MS361:

Also, the manual specifically says not to add extra oil for a "break in" period. Again, I trust the engineers that designed the thing.

 

[fhf]

The way I read the manual is, do not run full throttle off a load not on a load,so if you are cutting it is under a load.

 

[Stein]

The way I read the manual is, do not run full throttle off a load not on a load,so if you are cutting it is under a load.

Ah, I missed that nuance. That said, I did it right! WOT, (in the cut), baby!

 

[CentaurG2]

All Stihl dealers violate this rule when you purchase a saw. The first thing they do is run it wide open with a tach to “set the RPMS”. They usually do this 3 or 4 times just to be sure. Run the thing like you borrowed it from your brother-in-law. If you baby it, it will never “learn” to cut wood. B’sides its only a $800+ saw. You’ll make that back on your first job!

 

[046]

WOT most of the time... but there are exceptions.

preference is to blip throttle when cutting tangled wood and there's a danger of kickback. also when cutting down next to ground, chain is getting ready to kiss the dirt.

 

[GASoline71]

Run the p1ss out of it...

Gary

 

[spacemule]

I don't think anyone has mentioned that you're a lot more apt to get kickback running at slower chain speeds as well, generally speaking.

 

[FELLNORTH]

I don't think anyone has mentioned that you're a lot more apt to get kickback running at slower chain speeds as well, generally speaking.

:agree2: