lmbrman
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don't think the EL46 was the issue, yet another 562 like this
death by dust ?
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that would be my guess as well.
lmbrman
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On the ones I have torn down for rebuild this is common. The intake throat is usually coated with crud, filter looks fine. There seems to be quite a leak between the filter and the plastic intakebody that holds the filter.
The crank on this saw will not turn without force.
My personal 562's all leak there, so I coat the seam with grease, but I doubt most users will bother with this effort, just guys here on AS maybe?
fin460
Ham Fisted
using a felt filter instead of the nylon mesh air filter helped my cs2253 from eating so much dust, it was bad with either the black or yellow mesh filter.
fin460
Ham Fisted
Is all of that black showing in the crankcase, built up dust as well that didn't pass on through?
lmbrman
stumped
That is good general advice on the filters. Felt filter in this particular saw, there is little dust anywhere else on the saw, just in the intake housing. My 562 all have the felt filter and I can swab out dust weekly from the intake, there is quite a gap between the filter and housing. Supposedly there is a new updated intake in the works.
Husqvarna/Electrolux should be able to fix a problem that sucks
Mastermind
Work Saw Specialist
WWHD?
lmbrman
stumped
its a game of wait and see, or hide and seek, sumpin like that-
Mastermind
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Are you pickin up what I'm puttin down? 
Mastermind
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LOL
lmbrman
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Are you pickin up what I'm puttin down?
that has two many meanings for me to comprehend
I hated the zoo as a kid, monkeys threw ****
bryanr2
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Make mine a 262xp.
Well it sure looks like dust killed that one. The bottom end also looks a bit dry IMHO.
Why Husky doesn't use a soft seal boggles the mind. I also question why on earth the 550's come with a mesh filter? Looks like Husqvarna needs to do more R&D.
I've had good luck with flocked filters, plus a bit of K&N spray filter oil. Grease helps, but I found the filter media it's self lets in most of the dust.
Why Husky doesn't use a soft seal boggles the mind. I also question why on earth the 550's come with a mesh filter? Looks like Husqvarna needs to do more R&D.
I've had good luck with flocked filters, plus a bit of K&N spray filter oil. Grease helps, but I found the filter media it's self lets in most of the dust.
Nitroman
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You are not kidding when you say there is a gap between the filter and the filter holder.
KG441c
Keith
Make mine a 262xp.
MCW
Somebody's talking crap here & it ain't the tree!
Exactly right Andy. The Husky filter media is the biggest issue and has the same problems as the standard flocked Dolmar filters. More often than not it is fine particulates going straight through the filter media itself, rarely around it. In softwoods this is generally not an issue but in certain Eucalypt species, especially when dead, this is a major issue. Filter oil fixes the issue straight away and I had the exact same dust ingression issues with my 550XP, 390XP's, and 3120XP's. Filter oil fixed the lot. Also the same issues with the standard filters on my 7900's and 5100-S.
Husky have a lot of catching up to do in dusty conditions. The Stihl HD2 and Dolmar HD setups kick their arse.
tacomatrd98
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I read on the interweb that husky air filters stays so much cleaner and are far superior to the crappy stihl filters that you have to clean all the time...Air Injection at work here lol
ktoom
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When we got a bunch of new 550xp's at work, we found the same issue after long periods of extended use. I put grease on the intake manifold and it helped a little bit.
It makes no sense how such great saws can have such a big flaw with the air filter setup.
Makes those sweet m-tronic saws shine even more with their "better" air filter setup.
It makes no sense how such great saws can have such a big flaw with the air filter setup.
Makes those sweet m-tronic saws shine even more with their "better" air filter setup.
