What do you guys think of the Stihl MS 250?
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I would sell the one I have now if you want it. Gave my last 250 to my dad and then replaced it about 4 months ago. Has gas and oil in it but hasn’t made a single cut.
I bought mine new in 1986, my first saw. I burned wood from 86- 2000. It was my only saw. Still have it, plus a few more since I joined these forums.
is the saw a white top 50 rancher?
It is not. It has the grey top but I believe the manual that came with it showed the White Top and it was called a "Rancher".
The manual cover had two Swede guys laughing it up near a pile of cut sticks with one eating a sandwich.
EasyT
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Yep, I got the Echo 590. See earlier post...
Everyone that buys a new saw has to post a picture of it. That's a rule here.
Have you fired it up yet?
You got a lot of splittin to do. Better get at it. lol
OT
LuDookie
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Yep, saw that. Glad to hear it.
EasyT
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Roger that, here she is, have not cranked it up yet, in about 10 minutes...
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Cool. Did they fire it up at the dealer and tune it for you?
EasyT
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They fired it up, but don't know if they tuned it. I'll give them a call Monday and ask. They just changed ownership and seemed to be all confused. Took me an hour to buy the saw because they couldn't figure out the new computer system.
LuDookie
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Not the best sign. That’s what the world is coming to. Soon it’ll be like this in every shop. Just do some reading, watch a few YouTube videos and you’ll get the jist of tuning the saws. Chances are it won’t be too far off a good tune. You’ll be a pro in no time. Trick with that saw is fatten it up to get it below the rev limiter, that way you’ll know where you’re at, then lean it out accordingly. Don’t get in a rush to run it too hard.
Wow, crazy. I have heard they come from the factory a little on the lean side to pass EPA, but I don't know that to be fact.
Make sure they know what they're doing. We once used a guy that was known to get the most power out of a saw. The trouble was he was leaning out these saws so much, they blew out and were wrecked. He first blamed the gas mixture and not to use high test in the mix until he was told high test runs cooler. Then he blamed the additive cleaners in high test scouring the piston sleeve.
It wasn't any of that. He simply had them revving too high with his "adjustments".
You're new to chainsaws and I will relate that rpm "speed" is not king w a chainsaw.
Make sure they use a tach and adjusted to factory parameters to do it right.
I can almost guarantee that the case of flux and disarray this shop seemed to be in by your desription, all they did was gas it up to make sure it started and ran.
Here's a tutorial to begin putting you in the ball park: watch
SteveSr
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This is/has been the main complaint against Echo in this forum. They come too lean from the factory, never re-tuned by the dealer or big box store and then burn up in short order. Once re-tuned properly they should be fine. Finding someone to do this properly might be problematic if your dealer doesn't have experience with this.
Am I correct in assuming that this is a strato-saw with a limited coil? Strato design makes it more "touchy" to correct air/fuel ratio while a limited coil makes it harder to differentiate between 4-stroking and coil limiting when tuning.
I think about everything is strato these days and I'm pretty sure it has a limited coil, I cannot hear the difference between 4stroking and hitting the limiter. I have to tune my 6100 in the wood.
LuDookie
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definitely not strato, but believe it is limited.
LuDookie
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Doesn’t matter a ton but this is most likely not a strato saw. Echo only has a couple strato saws, maybe only two. The 3510 and 4510.
