yohyatt
ArboristSite Member
Can't seem to figure out what this is happening.
I've got a new ms170 with about 20-30 tanks through it - and it's recently been giving me a hard time running -bogs in the cut, and stalls when I point the bar down (vertically) and has a hard time even revving up. I really need to be careful I don't stall the motor.
So I took it to the dealer I bought it from and he richened up the carb and it seemed to work better for a tank or so and then it started again. So I put it aside and have been using my modded new 261 more often because the 170 aint running right - and now that saw is causing the same problems.
I've got 2 month old gas, 91 octane with stabil, stihl synthetic oil mixed 1.9 gallons to (2) little premix bottles for 2 gallons. Could the 2 month old gas really be killing it? is there something else I'm missing? i replaced the 170 with a HD filter and didn't change one thing.
I've got a new ms170 with about 20-30 tanks through it - and it's recently been giving me a hard time running -bogs in the cut, and stalls when I point the bar down (vertically) and has a hard time even revving up. I really need to be careful I don't stall the motor.
So I took it to the dealer I bought it from and he richened up the carb and it seemed to work better for a tank or so and then it started again. So I put it aside and have been using my modded new 261 more often because the 170 aint running right - and now that saw is causing the same problems.
I've got 2 month old gas, 91 octane with stabil, stihl synthetic oil mixed 1.9 gallons to (2) little premix bottles for 2 gallons. Could the 2 month old gas really be killing it? is there something else I'm missing? i replaced the 170 with a HD filter and didn't change one thing.