Getting a chainsaw running again after its been sitting for years
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- Pulling a chainsaw out of mothballs and getting it to run again is not just a simple 'put-in-gas-and-start-it-up' type. Here are the steps needed to get it running in perfect shape (at least from a mechanical perspective). Example here is a Stihl MS-210C that has been sitting in mothballs for years, thought to have a cracked gas tank. Turns out that's not the case, so this thing has a second chance at life. Your chainsaw models will vary, but the procedures here are identical.
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I had done everything you did except for pouring fuel in the cylinder. I cracked up laughing at the end of the video when you did NOT start your saw. Then I went out and poured fuel in cylinder, cycled a couple of dozen times. Re-installed the plug. After close to a dozen pulls, it fired right up, awesome, thanks!
To do list: 1. Find courage to talk!
This video is totally useless...…..like watching grass grow.
"make sure to put in correct mixture" proceeds to pour in 40:1 and never started it.
The correct mixture is 50:1
@@danielpadgett2831two of my saws run 40:1 just depends on your saw
He seems very confused at the end, as though he suddenly realizes that he has no idea how to start a chainsaw. This would make a good ExpertVillage video.
Thanks for the info---after i followed the steps you showed--a chainsaw that has been sitting in my shed for 10 years--i got it to run---thanks again
How about a demo of it starting so we know this worked??
So you didn't clean the plug or put a drop of oil on the plug threads before reinstalling, let alone maybe clean the plug or replace it. Someone clearly over torqued the plug when they previously installed it. Then you did nothing with the carburetor, maybe spray some carb cleaner in the throat! Useless video!
start the freaking thing will ya?
.........sorry it will not start.
Stihl fuel mix is 50:1 ratio not 40:1 Just saying
No big difference, 50:1 is just used to meet EPA standards
If there’s no big difference, why do they make two different mixtures. I have one on my table now that someone ran 40:1 mix in it, It’s now junk. Too much oil fouled the plug and filled the muffler full of oil and probably ruined the rings, I’m not sure because I haven’t gotten that far into it yet.
Hey, it never started! What's the deal with that?
What the fuck ??!!
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50 to 1 is gas recommended not 40 to 1. Why did you not start the chainsaw after all that! Useless video with wrong information. Good job buddy!
Bad video with the best title
So when your chainsaw has been sitting for years you don’t have to go through the carburetor? Cool story bro!
Correction, when the last you run it out of gas you don't need to go through the carb
Well first off, all stihl equipment uses 50:1 mix. And second, you never pour fuel directly into the cylinder.
Well 1st off hes not malnourishing crank n rod bearins piston , rings an cylinder barrel an priming sparkplug hole dont hurt a thing if youre not stingy w the oil but if you want on crash oil diet it could momentarily seize the piston
Correct mixture is 50:1
Would like to have seen it start. Feel like this was a waste of time.
Clean the dam saw man
Right lube cylinders? how many this thing have those ? 2 or 3 maybe 6? V8 will be great?
Why did you engage you engage the chain before "starting" the saw?
you afraid it wouldnt start if you yanked that cord
i have a stihl. Damn thing i hate it. When i got it last year it was a devil to start, now after lying around unused for a while , it won't start at all. Damn thing.
First, when you put the choke all the way down, pull until you hear a sputter. Then move the choke up. If you don’t do it this way it is guaranteed to flood. Second, don’t leave gas in it when it’s gonna be sitting. It will gum up the carb and it will really give you a hard time about starting.
Coocoo
So did it start or not?
you for got to put oil to seal ring when you put it up the season
Can fuel can break down faster than good old gasoline I don’t like can fuel problems with it a lot
I guess it didn't run
Say would got a hydraulic lock form the fuel in the spark plug hole someone else did that the other day on a video to so maybe that's why he did not show it starting up .
you posted this 8 years ago and it helped me out today, buddy needed help starting the jawnt did everything you did three pull mf was running
Narrating is way better than reading...
Thank you! My saw hasn’t had a lot of use and is relatively new but sat with gas for about 5 years and wouldn’t start. I thought I was going to have to pull and clean the carb which intimidated me having never done that. Added fresh fuel and a bit to the cylinder and after about 5 pulls with the choke it fired up and is running well.
Give the guy a break. His starting method of an old chainsaw, after being left with fuel in the tank and carburetor for an extended period of time, is no worse than the poor use of grammar and sentence structure in many of the comments here.
doubt it - its a stihl ! notoriously bad for not starting
Mike Whitehead you mean good for not starting.
Some models flood easy. I have 2, one starts on the first pull, and the other on the 2nd pull, unless you flood it. Then you just pull it 4-5x with no choke or throttle.
Fire it up I waited until the end for nothing
Your hand covered all you were doing poor guy
LOL
You may want to get into a different line of work.......
This video would have been great if he talked... at all
Any 50:1 saw will run on 40:1 mix a little more smoke.
Use Seafoam fuel lub and cleaner for easy start engines.
I noticed you were using the 40:1 mix not the 50:1. I assume these old Stihls can use either or?
It ran great on the 40:1 mixture. Never smoked too. Otherwise it leaks on the bar oil fill side. Since then I only use 50:1.
Gotcha. That makes sense. Awesome. Thanks for the reply.
u should use 40:1unless u have stihl performance oil
that doesn't make sense. the gas oil mixture doesn't have anything to do with leaking
stihl performance has a higher lubrication rate, if ur using reg two stroke oil, it needs more lubrication
Never use pump gas.
It’s ok to use pump gas as long as either it’s non ethanol or you don’t leave it sitting for long periods of time. The ethanol will eat through the carb.
I’ve been using premium pump gasoline for twenty years. Use ethanol free gasoline and don’t forget to mix in the oil.
thx been trying to fix my broken chain spent 2 hours fixing it and the engine would not start thx you saved me
Ha ha ha stihl is 50:1 fuel mix not 40:1
does not matter.
ha ha ha it does not matter. these newer EPA restricted saws are tuned so lean that 40:1 would extend the serviceable life of the motor itself. you say this like it is a serious matter, but you got no clue what you talkin about
@@cd9374 Right. 40:1 works just fine. Smokes a bit more, but extends life of equipment. I never ever use 50:1 in any of my 2 stroke cycle stuff.
A waste of time video !!!!!!!!
Incomplete video. I wonder why people don't plan what they are going to show in their video.. This person didn't even take the trouble to check the spark plug.
Didn't work with either of my big old Partner's a 7000 Plus and a R420, after being dry stored for a few years, they wouldn't pull over before adding 2T as a fuel and as an upper cylinder lubricant and they were no different afterwards, in fact adding the mixture in the upper cylinder made them marginally worse.