STIHL BR800C

[Steve Bullman]

53 minutes ago, manco said:

no not angry, a bit harsh maybe. 

not sure why anyone would think any blower or hand tools wasnt 2 stroke.

plus i did say it wasnt helpful

Quite simple really, it’s called a 4 mix,

Not hard to see how that could confuse matters, specially if bought second hand and not explained by a dealer at time of purchase  

[spudulike]

But, technically this blower is four stroke as it has valves/camshaft and four strokes to make up a complete cycle. What you stick in the fuel tank doesn't denote what type of engine it is. 

Many customers of mine incorrectly think that Stihl 4T machines are two stroke just because you stick 2T fuel in them irrespective of the blat blat noise they make.

Unfortunately, the OP saw "Four Stroke" and didn't contemplate the lack of oil filler etc. 

He just needs a few pointers as to what he does now.

 

 

[openspaceman]

1 hour ago, spudulike said:

technically this blower is four stroke as it has valves/camshaft and four strokes to make up a complete cycle.

Yes while I wasn't aware the BR800C was a 4mix I have used them in pole saws and they sound quite different. From what I recall they are a  4 stroke as you say but they have the advantage of using the crankcase pressure as the piston descends to act as a scavenge pump, supercharging the intake a bit.

[Stere]

 

 

 

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well apart from a mower and such, i cant think of anything thats not running on mix. all the handheld stuff ive ever used is 2stroke on mix.

 

All honda stuff is & its very common. Also makita

[Steve Bullman]

I had a 4 stroke stihl strimmer which ran on 4 stroke. Was a rebadged Honda. Stihl discontinued it for some reason

[doobin]

5 hours ago, Steve Bullman said:

I had a 4 stroke stihl strimmer which ran on 4 stroke. Was a rebadged Honda. Stihl discontinued it for some reason

Interesting, how long ago was this? I remember the Honda 4-stroke strimmers, nice enough machines to use. Wasn't aware that they ever had an agreement with Stihl.

[pleasant]

6 hours ago, Steve Bullman said:

I had a 4 stroke stihl strimmer which ran on 4 stroke. Was a rebadged Honda. Stihl discontinued it for some reason

I don't recall that. I've been dealing with various brands as a dealer for nearly 25 years now, and a Stihl main dealer for the best part of that, and I don't recall a Stihl fitted with a re-badged Honda 4-stroke unit. I have sold brush cutters that were from a manufacturer that decided to fit the excellent Honda GX25/35 4-stroke engine to their machines, but if definitely wasn't Stihl.

 

 

[Steve Bullman]

1 hour ago, doobin said:

Interesting, how long ago was this? I remember the Honda 4-stroke strimmers, nice enough machines to use. Wasn't aware that they ever had an agreement with Stihl.

It was a few years back when I originally acquired it, I’d say possibly 18 years ago.

 

mentioned it to a guy from stihl a few years back actually, he wasn’t familiar with it either 

[Steve Bullman]

6 minutes ago, pleasant said:

I don't recall that. I've been dealing with various brands as a dealer for nearly 25 years now, and a Stihl main dealer for the best part of that, and I don't recall a Stihl fitted with a re-badged Honda 4-stroke unit. I have sold brush cutters that were from a manufacturer that decided to fit the excellent Honda GX25/35 4-stroke engine to their machines, but if definitely wasn't Stihl.

 

 

Obviously you’ve not seen everything then.

 

pretty sure this was the model

 

 

Stihl FS 25-4 Brushcutter (FS25-4) Parts Diagram

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[pleasant]

1 hour ago, Steve Bullman said:

Obviously you’ve not seen everything then.

 

pretty sure this was the model

 

 

Stihl FS 25-4 Brushcutter (FS25-4) Parts Diagram

WWW.DIYSPAREPARTS.COM

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Select a page from the Stihl FS 25-4 Brushcutter (FS25-4) exploaded view parts diagram to find and buy spares for this...

To be fair, I never said I had seen everything Steve I said I didn't recall it. But yes, that appears to be it. Having checked my records, it wasn't in production for very long because (surprise, surprise) Honda withdrew the engine supply to Stihl due to it affecting sales of their own 4-stroke machines