Might be due to the gas you are using. With 10% Ethanol in it the fuel looses a lot of its lubrication ability. I usually add extra 2 stroke oil to my mix. So far I have not burned up any of my chainsaws, weedeaters or leaf blower. My neighbor blew up a brand new Husqvarna chainsaw. He noticed afterwards that the manual said to never using Ethanol based fuels. I just bought a brand new Husqvarna chainsaw last winter to add to my collection of Stihls. There was no warning in the manual so maybe industry has come up with a fix.
I wouldn't count on it . Its like an outboard moter, too much oil you can foul the plug, to little you can burn the engine. Are you sure they don't say use no more than 10 % ethanol. I always err on the oil side when mixing. My Granpa was a race boat driver. He started the first boat club in clear lake betwween Houston and Galveston and made the first throttle pedal.. They called him the flounder King, him and my grandmother used to fill barrels full of flounder with torchlight off the seabrook coast and ship them by rail to houston. A little trivia.Heh heh
Bill. how do you take them corners?
2 hands on the wheel.
Basicly the smell of outboard moter oil brings back my best memories.
My Dad tried a while till he got throwed pretty good.
I can't drive worth a shit, I am a Builder. Mechanics and engineers and builders and don't forget pioneers.Gamblers. whiskey makers all sorts. Whars my leaf blower.
Jitterbugdude, I am not sure I can find gas without the 10% ethanol. I don't sweat that as much as having the minimum ratio oil to gas. I always over oil a hair and my stihl is stihl keeping on. Engineered by Germans but made in the USA.
