sthil br800 rubbish

[jose]

Anyone else find these to be junk?

my second one in 2 years is already on its way out.

first one not much over a year, took to my local dealer who stripped it to the bone, tbh cant remember the reason exactly but the basic advice was it wasnt worth fixing. I guess i dont remember as i was in shock over a £800 machine dying so quick.

 

thought must be a one off but no stupidly tried a second and its going the same way. Harder and harder to start.

new plug filter and air filter makes no difference.

given previous experience i reckon ive got a few weeks at best before it wont start at all.

 

now i am just done with Stihl

got a couple of HS 86(?) hedge cutters. Holds a tune for about a month then bogs down constantly. My local dealer cant get them to run right.

my 201 run ok for about a year and then goes wrong. 

pole saw. well basically fell apart, went back to stihl HQ who rebuilt / replaced about 80% of it. 

 

now i dont want to sound like some old winger but back in the day the BR600 would go for yours, barely show it a spark plug, filter clean about every 3 yrs and it wouldn't miss a beat! 

best thing is you could chuck it on ebay afterwards and get a fair price as a second hand unit.

 

HSA 86 (extendable hedge cutters) ive gone though soooooo many, if i get a season out of one im lucky. 

MSA 220 T. randomly just cuts out for no reason. have to remove battery or change and it starts again (swap between a 300S and 500). Thats back at the shop looking into why

one of the batteries just stopped charging for no reason , now just a paperweight.

 

SO what to go for blower wise?

Never had great success with Echo, every tool seems either very heavy or the balance on the top handle was just not right. but surely they cant get it that wrong with a backpack blower?

 

Husky blower any good? 

Many thanks

[pleasant]

Buy a load of husky stuff, and if you get similar issues, then you will know its 'pilot error' rather than the products. 

[adw]

The Husqvarna back pack blowers are from zenoah Japan, good engines but as with all this type of machine, cables and plastic shoot wear and tear, can’t really comment on the Stihl machines.

[kram]

Perhaps your problem is not with Stihl but instead, trusting your local dealer to service them, who likely think they can sell you a new machine instead of an easy fix.

 

The Br800 is a 4 mix engine, generally they just need the valves adjusted which is a very simple, easy, 10 minute job, you need a gaset/feeler gauge set which costs all of 50p.

 

[Mike12345]

I changed the pull start to one of these when my br800 was becoming hard to start, seems to work better than the ratchet.

 

Rewind Starter for Stihl BR800, BR800X Blower - OEM No. 4283 190 4001

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Rewind Starter for Stihl BR800, BR800X Blower Genuine Stihl Part OEM No. 4283 190 4001

 

[kram]

  On 17/02/2025 at 20:37, kram said:

you need a gaset/feeler gauge set which costs all of 50p.

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Valve Clearance Setting Kit for Stihl FS90, FS91 Brushcutters - OEM No. 4180 007 1005 | L&S Engineers

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Valve clearance setting kit Genuine Stihl Part OEM Part No. 4180 007 1005 Suitable for the following Stihl Machines: FS83, FS83T, FS90, FS90R, FS100...

 

Mistake..  67p!

Edited February 17 by kram

[jose]

cheers guys

will look to adjust the valves later today if i can get hold of a feeler gauge.

If not ill order a kit with one.

 

still lost the love for stihl at this time.  As said i think ill start moving over to Husky .

[MattyF]

To be fair 4 mix engines are from my experience absolute rubbish and I can’t get my head head around why stihl make them. 
 

[Stihl123]

  On 17/02/2025 at 22:06, Mike12345 said:

I changed the pull start to one of these when my br800 was becoming hard to start, seems to work better than the ratchet.

 

Rewind Starter for Stihl BR800, BR800X Blower - OEM No. 4283 190 4001

WWW.LSENGINEERS.CO.UK

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Rewind Starter for Stihl BR800, BR800X Blower Genuine Stihl Part OEM No. 4283 190 4001

 

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i did this too, and solved the issue i had as wouldn't restart once warm

[manco]

i got told the early 800s had big issues, i think it was a vibration issue, later models had been fixed