Stihl MS181 problems

[dervishcarving]

i sold my old ms180 (not 181) on ebay last year for spares as it was pretty tired after a few years carving with it. carving is hard on these small saws as we will run them constantly for hours on end (i typically run my ms180's constantly for 2 or 3 hours at a time, just stopping to refuel. The old one i sold as non-working although it did run (ish) and it went for close to 100. the 50 he has offered you is way too low

[gand]

The only problem I get with mine is the start switch keeps popping out, which makes it feel like there's starting problems. Totally misses half choke. It's worked perfectly apart from that, it's worked every day and is 3 years old.

[Climbingmagnus]

I find my 181 is very fussy about stale fuel. It gets used very infrequently so if I buy a gallon of pump fuel I find even after about 3 weeks it won't run or will be an absolute c**t to start and I have to chuck half a gallon away.

 

No problems since I switched to Aspen.

[NFG]

Sounds like you may want to change your dealer. If theres an L and H screw then they are fully adjustable. There maybe limiters fitted but they are bypassable and ive never seen them on a 181.

Don't accept the offer of £50 either. you will make double that on ebay. You could prob get a new carb for £50 on ebay.com from America.

 

Hi

 

+1, certainly agree on that one & would easily get more than £50 on Ebay - the carb probably has those plastic limiting caps that can be removed if desired.

 

There are plenty of 'how to' vids on the tube.

 

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[wisecobandit]

The only problem I get with mine is the start switch keeps popping out, which makes it feel like there's starting problems. Totally misses half choke. It's worked perfectly apart from that, it's worked every day and is 3 years old.

The 170's suffered an issue where the top of the clip that the shaft clips into breaks off and they pop out?

[jamie1131]

I'd happily take a punt on it for £75!

[TFLandscapesUK]

look on eBay for a replacement engine as they're only £50 if you can't fix yours. I bought a duff 391 for £110 and got a replacement engine for £60, fitted it myself and its never let me down since

[GardenKit]

Nice idea, but to be honest a replacement engine wont be much good if the problem is fuel or ignition related. The replacement engines come as 'short' units.

And, they all seem to be Chinese.

 

Also the dealer has been slated for only offering £50, but I reckon that's a very generous offer for a non running cheapy saw. By the time he has chucked an hours work at it and a few bits it could stand him in at more than the trade cost of a new saw in a box.

[harrythecat178]

Has anyone done a vaccumn test on saw to check for air leaks. If it hasnt been done try changing the crank seals and making sure the vaccumn connection to the carb is okay. If these are faulty then the saw will starve of fuel and give symptons as described