Crap stihl strimmers

[doobin]

What models are they? Are they 4-mix?

 

My FS460s get treated like crap yet are still faultless.

[swinny]

I still run an fs400.... It's a 1999 model! Can site for 6 months and still fire on first pull. Bloody good they are. New stuff not sure. But if I wanted another strimmer it'd be a second hand fs400 off ebay

[tree_beard]

4 hours ago, swinny said:

I still run an fs400.... It's a 1999 model! Can site for 6 months and still fire on first pull. Bloody good they are. New stuff not sure. But if I wanted another strimmer it'd be a second hand fs400 off ebay

My fs400 (hammered for 15 years on mulching duties) has let me down for the first time recently... Mice have eaten the primer bulb twice in the last week!

[Khriss]

OR ..... it's a Stihl  . K

[Khriss]

Mice ate thru my chainsaw head oil tank on the Super Star Lidls Combo tool ( highly recommended- ) 6 squid off eBay.  Lil bastard.  K

[tree-fancier123]

as above model numbers would help - the old FS130 were 4-mix and the valve gap had to be adjusted after so many hours, FS131 may need the same. 

[Darkslider]

I was told by local Stihl dealer after several failed attempts to get our two FS460s running right that it was our fault for running the line too long and confusing the Autotune on them both. Don't know how true/relevant that is, the lads scoffed at that suggestion and maintained their lines hadn't changed in length at all and it was the dealer copping out of supplying duff machines they were unable to fix, never got to the bottom of it as Covid put a stop to further investigation!

 

There is an Autotune reset procedure you can carry out apparently, may be worth looking into if your machine is fairly recent.

Edited June 2, 2020 by Darkslider

[Khriss]

@Darkslider that's like returning glasses that don't work an being told you have been reading too hard ! K

[youngsbury]

11 hours ago, swinny said:

I still run an fs400.... It's a 1999 model! Can site for 6 months and still fire on first pull. Bloody good they are. New stuff not sure. But if I wanted another strimmer it'd be a second hand fs400 off ebay

 brought a fs450 new in 2000 has never let me down ! 

[doobin]

18 hours ago, Darkslider said:

I was told by local Stihl dealer after several failed attempts to get our two FS460s running right that it was our fault for running the line too long and confusing the Autotune on them both. Don't know how true/relevant that is, the lads scoffed at that suggestion and maintained their lines hadn't changed in length at all and it was the dealer copping out of supplying duff machines they were unable to fix, never got to the bottom of it as Covid put a stop to further investigation!

 

There is an Autotune reset procedure you can carry out apparently, may be worth looking into if your machine is fairly recent.

If it helps, we've only ever run our lines long on our three FS460s/1xfs480, they must be aged between three to 8 years by now.