vtwinjunkie
New Member
Such a dodo...
In a rush to help a neighbor at dusk (getting dark), I grabbed by chainsaw, bar oil and gas can (that I always have mix for the saws in) and helped a neighbor cut up a huge pine to clear his drive.
My saw did great as always, half way through I filled it with the gas that was in my can and after the work was done I went home and all seemed fine.
fast forward a few weeks and I go to fill up a backpack leaf blower with the same gas can and noticed the gas was not the right color. Investigating further it looked like it was not mix. Thinking back to the chainsaw and dumping the gas out of that wich was half full at the time, it was the same clear, yellowish gas color......ooooops!
immediately mixed up some new gas and dumped it in. fired it up and it runs normal.
Im concerned that I may have caused damage but wont know until I tear into it. My thinking is Id rather proactively check it out (maybe only need to replace rings and piston) now rather than keep running it and maybe have more to replace later.
couple questions:
1. How screwed am I?
2. Anyone have a service manual PDF for the 194T?
3. Best place to get Stihl genuine parts?
Thanks all.
In a rush to help a neighbor at dusk (getting dark), I grabbed by chainsaw, bar oil and gas can (that I always have mix for the saws in) and helped a neighbor cut up a huge pine to clear his drive.
My saw did great as always, half way through I filled it with the gas that was in my can and after the work was done I went home and all seemed fine.
fast forward a few weeks and I go to fill up a backpack leaf blower with the same gas can and noticed the gas was not the right color. Investigating further it looked like it was not mix. Thinking back to the chainsaw and dumping the gas out of that wich was half full at the time, it was the same clear, yellowish gas color......ooooops!
immediately mixed up some new gas and dumped it in. fired it up and it runs normal.
Im concerned that I may have caused damage but wont know until I tear into it. My thinking is Id rather proactively check it out (maybe only need to replace rings and piston) now rather than keep running it and maybe have more to replace later.
couple questions:
1. How screwed am I?
2. Anyone have a service manual PDF for the 194T?
3. Best place to get Stihl genuine parts?
Thanks all.