JimWix
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Cutting a long story short my Stihl MS170's piston is shot. On the web I can see cylinder kits for £20-30 for this saw or over £70 for a Stihl one.
I've stripped and cleaned the carb on my mower before but that's to limit of my engine experience and I've a few questions I hope someone can help with;
Firstly, what are these 'copy' cylinder kits like, are they OK? Good enough?
Then, how easy is a cylinder and piston change?
and finally, the piston's proper knackered - what do I need to learn to avoid this again. The saw's about 7 years old and only gets used a few times a year, but I probably haven't maintained properly and I probably have over worked it sometimes.
Thank you for your help and sorry if I've got you slapping your head in despair...
Jim.
Cyclinder Kit change
in Chainsaws
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That's what I thought I must have done, used the wrong fuel, but when I emptied it out I was actually surprised to see it was 2 stroke mix. It certainly went pretty quickly, I'd got through half a tank of fuel then it cut out, it restarted and went for about a minute then wouldn't start again and I could feel there was no resistance on the starter chord. I'll check the carb but unless it's obvious I may not be able to tell if something's missing.
I'm am guilty of using old mix.