Recent content by lilspenny

My 029 is 231528961 and I purchased it October 1995. Edit starts here... From Stihl... Additionally, the STIHL 029 model was produced between the years 1992 and 1997.

Honda HP2 40:1 cleaned the (Ultra) piston crown on my 30 year old 029. It also poured oily gunk.

Oh.... I started my re-test on Red Armor yesterday. I have good fuel to work with now and enough to last. Very interesting what I saw. After running 2 tankfuls of RA I pulled the plug and this flaky stuff was showing around the insulator material in the space between the ceramic and the wall...

Dangum. Well, thanks for the straight answer. It is what it is.

10-4, I won't be pulling the engine apart but I can soak it. I've use Quicksilver Power Tune which is of a similar nature, and it helps. The carbon is not a big issue but I'm gonna give the trimmer to a kid so I'm giving it a cleanup. The screen is out and has been since I took it out of...

I have a Stihl fs94r trimmer that has a carbon buildup on the piston crown. What can I use to safely dissolve this carbon without disassembly?

It does. Agree 100%.

I suppose most of us have known that about 2 cycle oil, but recently since I have been testing various oils and it has become irritatingly clear that some certified FD oils should not be in the same category as other certified FD oils and at least one non-certified oil that just claims to meet...

Bwalker... As consumers buying non-ethanol gasoline how do we know when and where to get what's good? Would buying, say.. Shell or Chevron with ethanol increase our chances of getting an overall better product? What about buying, say...Shell or Chevron high octane with ethanol? and...

Yep I saw something on some testing but they aren't available without permission.. is that correct?

Bwalker I have been from oil to oil and sometimes back and forth just to try to feel the difference and sometimes I can hear the difference and sometimes I can feel the power difference. I often but not always need a high speed adjustment but so far no low speed adjustment. I always adjust each...

I got some non-ethanol 91 octane from my Valero dealer in Athens, AL that was so bad it messed my sparkplugs up and no amount of carb adjustments made any difference so it went into my zero turn and my truck. The gas I buy now is 30 miles away but it's really good. Knock on wood.

So, as some of you know, with differing opinons I'm sure, I, along with another fellow are performing 2 stroke oil reviews and I plan to release what I have found as soon as tests are completed. I had problems with certain oils in my br800 4-mix... not Stihl Ultra since it has never been in that...

I don't care what anyone says... That's funny! I always said it smells like a boiling pot of skunk butthole loops.

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