Hmmmmmm. Gas.

[Czed]

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[USMC615]

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Lmao!

 

[Czed]

I had a brand damn new 261 and 290 the flippy caps especially the fuel cap.
Would pop open at the change of altitude from the ground to waist high.
Red armor 40/1 and gasoline on your junk
Very annoying.
The oil caps occasionally popped.
Dealer swapped them out twice for free.
It fixed the 261 only has 10 or so tanks through it
Since new.
Anybody got a nice 266/268/272 the 261 could be yours.
Third time on the 290 he wanted me to pay
Screw that i sold it for 350.00.
I've heard they are better now
I'll never know.
But i work on all kinds of stihls
Many have the same issue's.

 

[rogue60]

I'm confused I didn't watch the vid up the top as I thought I seen the same vid from the same dude last night.
The vid I seen was about fuel gushing out of chainsaw fuel tanks all over the place and in the operaters face if the fuel cap was removed? considered dangerous in situations such as fighting fires?.
How is this related to the disegn fuel caps? I'm confused lol
This is a simple to fix ban undoing fuel caps just like California has? Lol

 

[I Know Something]

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Hahahahaha!

Welcome to the wonderful world of a YouTube paycheck?

 

[GCJenks204]

Anybody got a nice 266/268/272 the 261 could be yours.

I don’t now but that is damn fine motivation to find one...

 

[Basher]

Trying to understand how the fuel that’s at the bottom of the tank sprays out the top when the cap is open? Especially when the tank is near empty.

Sounds like an excuse for when they close the cap wrong and dump a tank on the ground. Any one who’s done enough cutting with a floppy cap saw has gotten a tank on the ground or a leg full of bar oil once.

Dave’s flappy eliminator caps work great and are inexpensive.

One here, been running Stihl before flippy caps came out, have yet to have fuel or oil spill on me or the ground, one needs to be a bit smarter than the cap.

 

[Stevetheboatguy]

Just my 2c but I have a feeling most of the issues are from guys topping off. Not refilling. I tend to top off more frequently on my mtronic saws than standard carb. Running the mtronic out of fuel makes them run like crap for a while afterwards. So I really try to avoid it. And another thing I found particularly on my stupid 362 that their is still about a inch or so of fuel that the pickup won't reach????? So that one always has pressure even if it runs out. The damn tank is never empty on that one, just not enough to reach the pickup.

But now I'm down to one last flippy cap saw so that's a good thing as far as I am concerned hahahaha


Steven

 

[andyshine77]

This has to do so the the 461 and a few wildland firefighters getting burned. What happens is the fuel was over heating do to extreme heat conditions. The pressure in the tank keeps the fuel from boiling and causing vapor lock, however when you remove the cap when the fuel is still hot, you also relieve the pressure. This causes the fuel to boil immediately, causing the hot fuel to spray out. The tanks were holding too much pressure. Something that is hard to deal with do to some of the regulations involving tanks not venting.

 

[Stevetheboatguy]

This has to do so the the 461 and a few wildland firefighters getting burned. What happens is the fuel was over heating do to extreme heat conditions. The pressure in the tank keeps the fuel from boiling and causing vapor lock, however when you remove the cap when the fuel is still hot, you also relieve the pressure. This causes the fuel to boil immediately, causing the hot fuel to spray out. The tanks were holding too much pressure. Something that is hard to deal with do to some of the regulations involving tanks not venting.

Interesting. Epa crap ruins everything. Need to drill the tank and put a echo vent in and be done.

Edit: might not even need to drill the tank. Do they use that same check valve under the carb on the 362? Can that be pulled off and have a echo vent plugged right into the existing hose?
Steven

 

[andyshine77]

Interesting. Epa crap ruins everything. Need to drill the tank and put a echo vent in and be done.

Edit: might not even need to drill the tank. Do they use that same check valve under the carb on the 362? Can that be pulled off and have a echo vent plugged right into the existing hose?
Steven

Not sure if the Echo vent will just plug in, I doubt. Just bad design when it comes down to it, manufacturers always try to pass blame when something wasn't made correctly. These rules are decade old now, so it never should have happened. Also this was in extreme heat, most have not had any problems.[emoji111]

 

[ABarrick]

One here, been running Stihl before flippy caps came out, have yet to have fuel or oil spill on me or the ground, one needs to be a bit smarter than the cap.

Best answer.

 

[Czed]

I don't care what anyone says
I've replaced many flip caps
Because the threads wear down
Or get distorted over time.
Some i simply swapped the oil and gas caps.
Or swapped them to a different saw.
My husqvarna,alpina,homelite,echo and screw on cap stihl saws no issue's.

 

[Lightning Performance]

I had a brand damn new 261 and 290 the flippy caps especially the fuel cap.
Would pop open at the change of altitude from the ground to waist high.
Red armor 40/1 and gasoline on your junk
Very annoying.
The oil caps occasionally popped.
Dealer swapped them out twice for free.
It fixed the 261 only has 10 or so tanks through it
Since new.
Anybody got a nice 266/268/272 the 261 could be yours.
Third time on the 290 he wanted me to pay
Screw that i sold it for 350.00.
I've heard they are better now
I'll never know.
But i work on all kinds of stihls
Many have the same issue's.

There was a recall on flippy caps from Sthil. I have whole pile of them. Just waiting to find a very crappy dealer to dump them on.
I have the info stored somewhere.