Recent content by bwalker

That's not dirty. Completely normal. When carbon becomes a problem is when its raised or associated with mettalic ash build up as my pictures show. A carbon covered piston with small wash is the normal state.

Thats compelling. I'll give it a try. Keep in mind running excessively rich will do the same thing. The piston pictured in pics 1-3 doesnt appear to be very dirty at all. Contrast that with the pic of mine with the crusty ash buildup. The ash build up i woukd like to remove. A thin carbon...

No carn comes with those. Had to be ordered from Stihl. Im trying to think if mine even had them?

I followed the procedure that Lilspenny did and said worked. I have put it in the fuel as well along with testing several other products. Not one did a thing there either. I would be more than happy to put a high dose in the fuel and give it a try if you would like? Whats a high dose? I would...

WT-194 carbs are still available. They run around $100.

The performance is lacking compared to the 550XP of both generations. Its a light/trim saw like MS260 was, but it also underperformed its peers like the 260 did. Running a 550mk2 and a Ms261 back to back and its pretty apparent which saw is smoother faster nad has more torque. It isn't the...

The MS260 is a very durable, light and trim saw. It always was a turd performance wise. It had a terrible filter setup. To run well It needed a WT194 carb, timing advance, base gasket delete and a muffler mod. Even with all that it wasnt close to a 346xp back in the day. I would reach for the...

I wouldn't through good money at bad.

Both Husky and Stihl have a history of updates to fix new model issues.

If the 300 approaches or exceeds 550xp mk2 performance Stihl will have something.

Its never a bad idea to let someone else beta test a new release for you.

No patience!

This seems to be the consensus. The 400.1 is a hair faster.

Which ever way you decide go with Mtronic. In my opinion the ms261is a turd as was the ms260 before that. If it were me I would wait for a Ms300. Stihl has really started to make great performing saws as of late.

Actually like 158 million in the hole.