MS250 Carb Question.

[Steve]

My FIL has a MS250. The accelerator pump in the Zama carb sticks alot and the saw doesn't accelerate, just dies when you pull the trigger. Im curious if there is a better carb option avaliable since i have to replace it anyway.

 

[Dub11]

Wt 215 iirc or the one that DDave sells.

 

[Dub11]

https://www.ebay.com/itm/OEM-Stihl-...645840?hash=item4b3a1ed310:g:C7sAAOSwOXJakYXO

 

[Warped5]

For the $$ involved .... buy a new one.

They are CHEEP.

Next!

 

[Steve]

For the $$ involved .... buy a new one.

They are CHEEP.

Next!

Which one Ted? The original Zama?

 

[Warped5]

Which one Ted? The original Zama?

Yep

Kits are like $17 and a whole OEM carb is about $26 ....

Steve, how you doing otherwise?

 

[Steve]

Im doing well. Busy getting all the Christmas lights up while the weather here is nice. Was in Indianapolis this past October passing through.

 

[Warped5]

Winter got here about 6 weeks early this year. Driving me nuts, but it's GREAT for the job!

Stihl bought Zama a few years ago. About a year ago, prices on carbs for some of the smaller machines just went through the floor.

 

[drf256]

The China dual adjustable carbs do just fine on these. They are available on Amazon in the sub-$15 range delivered.

The advice you got above is good, just saying there’s other options.

I don’t like accelerator pump carbs personally. They’re an epa thing to allow a lean idle and still keep throttle response usable.

 

[AVB]

Stihl bought Zama a few years ago. About a year ago, prices on carbs for some of the smaller machines just went through the floor.

Then that explains why I can no longer get my Zama rebuild kits from any of my Zama distributors that fits the Stihl products only. Last year I was able to but lately everything on Zama website is saying to buy through the local Stihl dealer which is about 3X the price I was paying for them before the change. The rb-155 that I paid 6.50 for last year was the other day was 18.00.

Basically holding me up without a gun. On top of that if they don't have the kit on hand they want another $20 for shipping. Looks and sounds like just plain highway robbery to me.

 

[Finnrpm]

Does anyone know when stihl started putting plastic inserts into 025 series engine pan? and why?
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