Stihl air filters.

[jamesd]

I've got a 660 which i sometimes use for milling and find the air filter gets clogged up quite easily when using it.

Is this a common fault and is there something i can do about it?

Obviously i don't want any dust getting into the carb.....

 

Cheers guys

[spudulike]

I've got a 660 which i sometimes use for milling and find the air filter gets clogged up quite easily when using it.

Is this a common fault and is there something i can do about it?

Obviously i don't want any dust getting into the carb.....

 

Cheers guys

 

The typical fix is to use the sock type pre filter part no 000 141 0300 - it is an elasticated material band that fits around the existing filter.

[MattyF]

Tihose socks really sap power from the saws from my experience with them.

 

 

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[Daniël Bos]

What filter has it got at the moment?

The old style green ones are poo,

the HD2 ones are better, but depending on the age of your saw may need a different backplate to fit properly I think?

 

Both are not good enough imo, especially when milling. I use a piece of ladies' tights and swap that every tankfull as an extra filter.

[jamesd]

What filter has it got at the moment?

The old style green ones are poo,

the HD2 ones are better, but depending on the age of your saw may need a different backplate to fit properly I think?

 

Both are not good enough imo, especially when milling. I use a piece of ladies' tights and swap that every tankfull as an extra filter.

 

I've got the new hd2 type its a 2014 saw so will it need a different backplate or should it already have one?

[jamesd]

The typical fix is to use the sock type pre filter part no 000 141 0300 - it is an elasticated material band that fits around the existing filter.

 

Ok thanks may give that a go the next time I'm milling then. Will the saw loose power because of it though?

[mendiplogs]

I've got a 660 which i sometimes use for milling and find the air filter gets clogged up quite easily when using it.

Is this a common fault and is there something i can do about it?

Obviously i don't want any dust getting into the carb.....

 

Cheers guys

 

HI JAMES how old the 660 as there 2/3 air filters for a 660 my ones H DUTY ONE thanks jon

[Daniël Bos]

I've got the new hd2 type its a 2014 saw so will it need a different backplate or should it already have one?

 

As far as I know the backplate changed design to accommodate the HD2 filter. Only older saws are different I think. If you have the HD2, that's as good as mr Stihl can do it seems:thumbdown:

 

The foam or felty wrap thingies take a fair bit of power, more noticeably so when milling as you're cutting at max power for much longer then when felling/crosscutting etc. This is why I use tights as a pre-filter as I can swap them as often as I want, paying for a dozen stihl wraps to remedy a problem that should have been designed out of these saws is not on imo:thumbdown:

 

HD2 after three tankfulls of crosscutting (I change it continuously when milling..)

[mendiplogs]

I've got the new hd2 type its a 2014 saw so will it need a different backplate or should it already have one?

 

Hi James that what I have mate 2014 as can not get a 661 yet thanks Jon

[Eddy_t]

As far as I know the backplate changed design to accommodate the HD2 filter. Only older saws are different I think. If you have the HD2, that's as good as mr Stihl can do it seems:thumbdown:

 

 

 

The foam or felty wrap thingies take a fair bit of power, more noticeably so when milling as you're cutting at max power for much longer then when felling/crosscutting etc. This is why I use tights as a pre-filter as I can swap them as often as I want, paying for a dozen stihl wraps to remedy a problem that should have been designed out of these saws is not on imo

 

 

Kind of difficult when the opposition has already patented the only practical filtration system

 

 

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