346xp - running in?

[fonzy]

Treated myself to a 346xp yesterday and all i can say is wow!

 

I asked the dealer about running in the saw but he said there is no requirement.

 

Anyone got a different opinion?

 

Thanks

[Ironbark]

Don't baby it. Use it and load it up to seat the rings properly, but avoid full throttle out of the cut and idling it for too long apart from to warm it.

[Martyn Amos]

awesome saw

[TimberCutterDartmoor]

First 5-10 tankfulls use mineral 2-stroke oil in the mix not synthetic; i.e. stihl hp (red) not ultra etc. Every saw I've run in on synth has never run as sweetly or in fact lasted as long as those I've run-in on mineral. Avoid supermarket fuel if you want to be really precise.

[fonzy]

Thanks for the replies gentlepeople. I live in the sticks and only have a shell petrol station so no worries there. Is this ok, Oils and Lubricants | Husqvarna Two-Stroke oil - Willis and Grabham ?

 

I have the stihl full system and I see the chain oil doesn't fit, bit of a bummer.

[TimberCutterDartmoor]

  fonzy said:

Thanks for the replies gentlepeople. I live in the sticks and only have a shell petrol station so no worries there. Is this ok, Oils and Lubricants | Husqvarna Two-Stroke oil - Willis and Grabham ?

 

I have the stihl full system and I see the chain oil doesn't fit, bit of a bummer.

 

It's fine. Not mineral for the ultimate break-in period tho

[fonzy]

I'll have a look on the net, thanks.

[Daniël Bos]

Read your manual: on page 17 it says: "Avoid running at too high speed for extended periods for the first ten hours" (wich is dissapointingly bad English)

 

Then on page 29:"after the saw has been "run in" the carburettor should be finely adjusted."

 

 

Congrats, it's a lovely saw.

[fonzy]

  Rover said:

Read your manual: on page 17 it says: "Avoid running at too high speed for extended periods for the first ten hours" (wich is dissapointingly bad English)

 

Then on page 29:"after the saw has been "run in" the carburettor should be finely adjusted."

 

 

Congrats, it's a lovely saw.

 

A-ha I see it. I'll run the stihl HP 2 stroke oil but I don't think I'll be playing with the carb settings as described in the book.

 

If it aint broke I won't be fixing it!

 

Thanks.

[spudulike]

If you havent got a tach, tuning this saw will be very difficult - it probably has a blue limited coil that limits the revs to 14,100rpm which makes it difficult to tune by ear and makes tach tuning difficult - that's why I put a black one on my tuned one - 14,600rpm:thumbup: