just an odd question?

[Ollie Wall]

looking at the 200t today and was thinking its looking a bit grubby inside! whats the best way of cleaning/is there any point??

 

Thanks Ollie

[Samuel]

my mate has removed all teh big bits of mud by hand, then put all the bits like the chain break caseing in the dishwasher , worked very well aparently, but make sure the misses is not home:lol:

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

get a good degreaser (jizer) take off all removable parts and soak in a bucket of soapy water, leave to soak as long as poss then give em a quick blast out with a jet washer. the saw will run a bit iffy till its warm and dry again.

 

what i find most benificial is taking off the plastic cover over the chain brak springs/mechanism and getting this gunk all out (worse when using bio oils) the chain break works under inertia like new and is a really good habit to get into as is keeping the engine cooling fins clean.

[Ollie Wall]

get a good degreaser (jizer) take off all removable parts and soak in a bucket of soapy water, leave to soak as long as poss then give em a quick blast out with a jet washer. the saw will run a bit iffy till its warm and dry again.

 

what i find most benificial is taking off the plastic cover over the chain brak springs/mechanism and getting this gunk all out (worse when using bio oils) the chain break works under inertia like new and is a really good habit to get into as is keeping the engine cooling fins clean.

 

 

thanks for the feedback!! i forgot to mention that i've been having real trouble with trying to get the engine fins clean??

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

I dont mean soak the saw in the bucket! use the jizer on the saw, the removable parts in the soapy bucket! should have made that bit clearer!

[Pete Hart]

degreaser is defo a good idea, and old rag to clean all that that oily gunk that gets clogged up inside casings.

Keeps your saw looking nice and shiney too!!

[spudulike]

If you don't clean the crap out of the chainbrake cover, there is a high chance the alloy tie casting will fracture - the cover will hold it together but still not good.

 

I take the jug off to clean the fins - a sharp knife and a hot soak gets rid of lts of junk - oven cleaner is good for a real deep clean.

[Pat Ferrett]

Blow it out with the air line thats all I've ever done.

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

Blow it out with the air line thats all I've ever done.

 

thats fine on mineral oils, bio oil is a mare

[Pat Ferrett]

A squirt of carb cleaner first helps