Recent content by vdavidoff

Just a bit of a follow up here. The saw started acting up again this season. I went and spoke with the powertools/chainsaw guy at the Ace in Colorado City (I think his name is Bill) and he knew what I was going to ask before I even opened my mouth. He confirmed everything we've discussed in this...

Chainsaw is 100% again. I ran a tank of the not-crap pump gas through it and it ran about the same as I described with the canned gas, but seemed a bit more powerful and consistent. Still off a bit though. I then replaced the solenoid, reset m-tronic, and it sounded better immediately, as in...

I appreciate all the thoughtful replies. I don't know if I'm bad at searching, or just gave up too quickly, but this is one of the most useful threads on this issue I have run across. Regarding canned fuel, yeah, if ultimately it seems like I need to do that, I will, it'll just be a lot more...

I haven't yet. Is it safe to pressure and vacuum test without detaching the carb? My only concern about removing the carb is that I presume there'd be at least one gasket involved and I don't have any spare gaskets at this moment.

I always found it a curious idea that a purported pro saw would stop working correctly if it ran out of fuel. I mean, I get that when you run the system dry, it has no prime, and m-tronic will have compensated for the lack of fuel as though it were a lean condition and have to figure things out...

With the preface that I find these things take time to really know what has changed and what is just coincidence, I ran two tanks of canned fuel through the saw today and it was much improved. It still showed some signs of weirdness, but I don't know how much of that is something up with the...

I do whatever I have to to get it restarted, which often means starting it in "start" or holding the throttle fully. Otherwise I'd just be pulling the cord all day with no results, when this happens.

Well, I was able to pick up some canned fuel (not Stihl brand, TruFuel), but the weather for the next week or so may make it hard to get out there. We'll see. I will report back when I either have some runtime on the saw with the canned fuel, or the new solenoid installed (it shipped a few days...

Interesting you should mention 75. Hardly scientific, I know, but that seems to be about the cutoff for me too, based on recent experience (though I don't clearly remember the details from last season). I am also at 9500' which I know doesn't help, but that's a big part of why I went with a saw...

Nearest Stihl dealer / place to get canned fuel is out. Gonna go a bit further to try to get some tomorrow, probably. Of course, the saw ran pretty well today. After refueling I still had to be careful when I started it, had to sort of ease it back into running (couldn't just slam the gas or...

I didn't even think about the fact that the fuel may be winterized from the pump. Never really had to think about it I guess. I also forgot to mention that I use Stabil in my fuel. Hopefully I'm not punching myself in the face here...

I might switch back to canned fuel to see if I notice a difference, but man, that stuff is just so freakin' expensive. I will look into replacing the coil, too. I had done that before but was finding conflicting information regarding if you could really take the newer coil and have it work right...

If the orange filter is the fine micron one (I believe it is), then yeah, that's what I've got installed, and that's actually what the saw came with brand new. I haven't pressure tested the fuel system but I do have a tester. I was going to do it at the same time I was replacing the tank vent...

It seems like the brand specific subforum isn't the right place for this, so I'm posting it here, though I'm kinda confused how to use the brand specific subforum, even after reading the thread about how to use it. Anyway, I have been troubleshooting an issue with my MS261 C-m where it runs...

Thanks!