Air filter pics

[CR888]

I'm trying a simple rubber band on my HD (High-Dust) ms261 filter. Its kinda helping. And removed the dust infection elbow and stuffed some rag in the port.Honestly though, sawdust ingestion is not a real concern, I strip down this saws every 6ish months to properly clean as I don't run synthetics & I haven't seen any evidence of wear on a saw pushing 200+hrs.

 

[deye223]

I clean air filters on average 3-6 times every day of my life.

I can take a soft bristle brush and clean off the flocked filter for a 261 in about 10 seconds and the filter looks new again, on the HD2 if it packs good enough I gotta sit there and dick around with a carb screwdriver and tap it out on a log.

Maybe they are different in Australia.

nope they are the same as I get mine from the us .... now as I run the pre filter and the only thing that gets in is dust all I do is tap out and good to go and at the end of the day soak in straight gas for a few mins and you cant tell the difference from that filter and a new one out of the bag ......

 

[sawmikaze]

I'm trying a simple rubber band on my HD (High-Dust) ms261 filter. Its kinda helping.View attachment 147374 And removed the dust infection elbow and stuffed some rag in the port.View attachment 147376Honestly though, sawdust ingestion is not a real concern, I strip down this saws every 6ish months to properly clean as I don't run synthetics & I haven't seen any evidence of wear on a saw pushing 200+hrs.

That's a decent idea.

 

[CR888]

Ya only problem is if you use a rubber band to tighten up the seal the filter rubber 'may' stretch in time & only work with the thicker rubber band. Time will tell but its workin.

 

[deye223]

I'm trying a simple rubber band on my HD (High-Dust) ms261 filter. Its kinda helping.View attachment 147374 And removed the dust infection elbow and stuffed some rag in the port.View attachment 147376Honestly though, sawdust ingestion is not a real concern, I strip down this saws every 6ish months to properly clean as I don't run synthetics & I haven't seen any evidence of wear on a saw pushing 200+hrs.

oi what ..... why do you have a problem with a 261 filter I have 5 and never had a problem
and this saw gets the *s-word run out of it between me and my sons ...

 

[RI Chevy]

Must be the different kinds of wood. Green vs. Dead, Hard vs. Soft, etc.
The chips and saw dust are making it by the filter.

 

[deye223]

Must be the different kinds of wood. Green vs. Dead, Hard vs. Soft, etc.
The chips and saw dust are making it by the filter.

nar man I'm thinking about the rubber seal not the filter never had a problem
and I drown these sucker in petrol every week .

 

[RI Chevy]

I actually meant the rubber foam type seal. Maybe these guys will chime in?

 

[deye223]

I actually meant the rubber foam type seal. Maybe these guys will chime in?

sorry man I thought different but still never had a problem.....
I run this on my 261 , if you want some picks after some heavy
running I will put them up because this saw gets a flogging

 

[RI Chevy]

I have the same setup on mine. But I got a small hole on the top of the outerwears. Seems to work well for me.

 

[deye223]

I really like these things as they take out the chit and the fines are so easily just taped out.....

 

[Wilhelm]

Dolmar/Makita 64xx/73xx/79xx OEM white fine nylon AF

Anywhere between 15-20 tanks of fuel through it since placed on the saw new, AF halves and carb seating additionally sealed with grease.

 

[Wilhelm]

Dolmar/Makita 64xx/73xx/79xx OEM felt AF

Anywhere between 10-15 tanks of fuel through it since last cleaning it, factory original AF in use since 2006., AF halves and carb seating additionally sealed with grease.

 

[Wilhelm]

Dolmar PS-550 / Makita 5600 OEM AF

Unknown run time

 

[Wilhelm]

Dolmar PS-550 / Makita 5600 OEM AF

Unknown run time , close up pictures

 

[CR888]

oi what ..... why do you have a problem with a 261 filter I have 5 and never had a problem
and this saw gets the *s-word run out of it between me and my sons ...

I didn't have any fines getting past the filter seal in the first 50ish hrs. I never get chips in the filter pleats when its time to clean filter, only super fine sawdust. I was finding fines on the black plastic intake manifold and evidence of two areas that were leaking. The fines will fill the top and bottom of the filter most, the sides not as much. Same thing happening on my other stock ms261 & did on the one I owned & sold about to year ago that had a good few hundred hours. For the first 50-100 hours the were not leaking, it tends to get worse with run time. I'm not to concerned really fine wood dust in tiny quantities ain't as big of an issue as many on forums make it out to be. Silica, sand and charcoal dust are more of a concern. I clean them out 4/5 tanks of fuel, many other saws have worse filter systems but these hd2 filters could be greatly improved mainly how they seal and are locked down. Its good yours are all good, my 3 saws ive owned both German & USA made
all eventually failed.

 

[huskihl]

Dolmar/Makita 64xx/73xx/79xx OEM felt AF

Anywhere between 10-15 tanks of fuel through it since last cleaning it, factory original AF in use since 2006., AF halves and carb seating additionally sealed with grease.

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POS tiny junk overrated 7900 air filter ftw

 

[Wilhelm]

POS tiny junk overrated 7900 air filter ftw

Soo, You love, hate or love/hate them AF's?

 

[huskihl]

Soo, You love, hate or love/hate them AF's?

There was a lot of sarcasm in my post.

Those filters look like they work perfectly to me

 

[Wilhelm]

There was a lot of sarcasm in my post.

Those filters look like they work perfectly to me

Ah, cool.

Except regarding the sealing between the AF halves and the carb seating I have no complaints.
I counteract the sealing matter with a thin layer of grease.
I do admit the engineers could have resolved that matter during the two decades these units are in production.