STIHL Intellicarb Carburetors

[Merkava_4]

Does Stihl make them or are they provided by Zama / Walbro? I'm trying to gather information on these things. I much prefer manually adjustable carburetors, but I'm bound to run into one eventually. I'm also interested in finding out if they can be substituted for a manual carburetor.

 

[Mig_Selv]

I'm not sure who makes them, but I have been looking into how to get rid of them, and that's a short, sad story.
You will need a new coil, a new flywheel, and obviously a new carburetor.
It's simply not worth the hassle.
If you want to avoid the electronic Mickey Mouse carburetors, simply buy Echo saws instead.

 

[hacskaroly]

I'm also interested in finding out if they can be substituted for a manual carburetor.

The answer is yes, but as @Mig_Selv stated, it requires swapping out parts. If you already have parts from a parts saw, you can do it.

A quick look on eBay shows Zama as the manufacture of these two.

 

[bogieboy]

Short answer is yes... stihl makes them, because stihl owns zama....

 

[EFSM]

They use Walbro as well.

 

[dall]

Does Stihl make them or are they provided by Zama / Walbro? I'm trying to gather information on these things. I much prefer manually adjustable carburetors, but I'm bound to run into one eventually. I'm also interested in finding out if they can be substituted for a manual carburetor.

the intellicarb is what was on the 361 044 440 046 460 461 029 290 310 390
it was a snorkel from the carb to filter so the carb didnt suck in dust

so we can already tell you dont understand

I'm not sure who makes them, but I have been looking into how to get rid of them, and that's a short, sad story.
You will need a new coil, a new flywheel, and obviously a new carburetor.
It's simply not worth the hassle.
If you want to avoid the electronic Mickey Mouse carburetors, simply buy Echo saws instead.

yes and spend 110 bucks on a carb for a *f-wording pile of *s-word 50 cc saw


you may look at the echo and see cheap price but go buy parts for the junk

 

[cus_deluxe]

“intellicarb” is just a marketing gimmick to make their crappy air filtration system seem awesome. as the air filter becomes clogged, engine starts to pull more and more negative pressure in the carb. that causes the saw to run more and more rich. they compensate for this applying that same negative pressure to the metering diaphram, so as the filter gets clogged the carb will slowly lean itself out to compensate.

 

[EFSM]

yes and spend 110 bucks on a carb for a *f-wording pile of *s-word 50 cc saw

Hmm. I guess out of the thousands of Echo's I've worked on, I never had to replace a Walbro carburetor on a saw. They're great carbs.
I'm in a bad mood now because of trying to iron out the issues on a couple of 562's. Sometimes being able to adjust the carburetor would be really nice. An autotune saw can mask other issues so well they can be extremely hard to diagnose.

I'm curious if you're a mechanic and if so how many Echo's you have worked on/owned.

 

[dall]

Hmm. I guess out of the thousands of Echo's I've worked on, I never had to replace a Walbro carburetor on a saw. They're great carbs.
I'm in a bad mood now because of trying to iron out the issues on a couple of 562's. Sometimes being able to adjust the carburetor would be really nice. An autotune saw can mask other issues so well they can be extremely hard to diagnose.

I'm curious if you're a mechanic and if so how many Echo's you have worked on/owned.

no i did it for a hobby and refused to after 2 echos

i like walbro carbs also but when there is a special carb for the echo stratoshit that even had the intellicarb snorkel on top
a ultrasonic run and new carb kit didnt fix it

 

[Loony661]

I'm not sure who makes them, but I have been looking into how to get rid of them, and that's a short, sad story.
You will need a new coil, a new flywheel, and obviously a new carburetor.
It's simply not worth the hassle.
If you want to avoid the electronic Mickey Mouse carburetors, simply buy Echo saws instead.

Dude, Intellicarb is not MTronic. Intellicarb is fully adjustable by the operator.

 

[Mig_Selv]

Hmm. I guess out of the thousands of Echo's I've worked on, I never had to replace a Walbro carburetor on a saw. They're great carbs.
I'm in a bad mood now because of trying to iron out the issues on a couple of 562's. Sometimes being able to adjust the carburetor would be really nice. An autotune saw can mask other issues so well they can be extremely hard to diagnose.

I'm curious if you're a mechanic and if so how many Echo's you have worked on/owned.

That matches my experience as well. I've seen a lot of people being unable to figure how to work on them, but that doesn't make it a bad product.
As long as you understand how they work, they're easy enough to deal with.

 

[Mig_Selv]

Dude, Intellicarb is not MTronic. Intellicarb is fully adjustable by the operator.

Correct, I misread that.

 

[Pruz]

Does Stihl make them or are they provided by Zama / Walbro? I'm trying to gather information on these things. I much prefer manually adjustable carburetors, but I'm bound to run into one eventually. I'm also interested in finding out if they can be substituted for a manual carburetor.

That's why I bought a Makita EA7900, simple manual carb.

 

[Merkava_4]

I'm not sure who makes them, but I have been looking into how to get rid of them, and that's a short, sad story.
You will need a new coil, a new flywheel, and obviously a new carburetor.
It's simply not worth the hassle.
If you want to avoid the electronic Mickey Mouse carburetors, simply buy Echo saws instead.

Why does the Intellicarb need its own special ignition coil and flywheel? I'm sure there's an interesting explanation for that.

 

[Stump Shot]

Why does the Intellicarb need its own special ignition coil and flywheel? I'm sure there's an interesting explanation for that.

It doesn't, just M-tronic on Stihl's and Autotunes on Husqvarna's, that's it.

 

[dall]

Why does the Intellicarb need its own special ignition coil and flywheel? I'm sure there's an interesting explanation for that.

Duh duh duh
You are talking about the mtronic
Not the intellicarb
And if you are not mechanically inclined to understand then go buy battery saws

 

[Stump Shot]

Hmm. I guess out of the thousands of Echo's I've worked on, I never had to replace a Walbro carburetor on a saw. They're great carbs.
I'm in a bad mood now because of trying to iron out the issues on a couple of 562's. Sometimes being able to adjust the carburetor would be really nice. An autotune saw can mask other issues so well they can be extremely hard to diagnose.

I'm curious if you're a mechanic and if so how many Echo's you have worked on/owned.

The carburetor on a 562xp functions the same as any other carburetor other than it has the ability to tune itself. If you have a fuel delivery problem test the carburetor, if other problems persist, do a pressure/vac test on the crankcase. This is more times than not the culprit of a leaking seal, etc..

 

[Merkava_4]

It doesn't, just M-tronic on Stihl's and Autotunes on Husqvarna's, that's it.

OK then, why does M-tronic need its own ignition coil and flywheel? I am genuinely curious.

 

[dall]

OK then, why does M-tronic need its own ignition coil and flywheel? I am genuinely curious.

Where do you think it gets the power for the carb parts


You say you are in commiefornia
You won’t need to worry about it in a year

 

[Wonkydonkey]

And ……. I see Dall didn’t get his fix of big black cox full of beans this week ..

Drink more coffee and take your meds

Edit…. It’s xmass so be nice and you may get a chance to fill your knickers from Santa