I was at my local Stihl shop recently picking up some different stuff and decided to drop my 044 off with them to check over as I've been having a problem with it cutting off on me once warm. Once warm, I'll set the saw down (still running) to move something, etc. Go to pick it back up and it cuts off on me as soon as I start to move it. Blipping the throttle right before moving it seems to help, but I wanted someone hopefully more qualified than myself to troubleshoot it. I don't really have the time at the moment (just bought a house and doing tons of renovation) or the experience with saws yet to really know what to look for. It's summer and I'm not running the saws too much this time of year.
I ask them for a new spare air filter, change the plug, fuel filter, inspect the carb/possibly rebuild, check the clutch springs, and to check the compression (I don't have a gauge.)
I got the saw back and was told there was a leak/busted fuel line (they replaced.) The carb was cleaned, but apparently did not need rebuilding. The clutch springs are apparently fine. The compression was 97lbs....
The guy at the counter said it so casually. I was confused and said "damn...isn't that a bit low?" He replies "yeah, it seems a little low, but still plenty to do some cuttin" I paid the bill and left, wondering to myself how I could have cut up 7 cords of wood in the last year with that low compression?
The 044 seems a little tired to me, but it seems to run relatively well/strong to me. Always starts right up. I don't have that much of a frame of reference, but it will definitely hand it to my old muffler-modded 346xp in the bigger wood. I definitely used it with a 28" bar with skip chain to buck up a 40" white oak one afternoon for a friend and it handled it ok.
I'm including a couple snaps of the cylinder and the piston the best I know how...from a cell phone pic with the muffler cover taken off. Sorry if these don't tell you anything, but to me the cylinder and piston both look to be in great shape, but what do I know? :msp_tongue: I can run my fingernail up and down the piston with no snags.
What's going on with that low of compression? Should it even start and run decent with 97 lbs? Maybe I should get my own damn compression gauge...:hmm3grin2orange:
Edit: Bahh, somehow the pics are upside down...don't know why, they didn't look like that when I uploaded them...
I ask them for a new spare air filter, change the plug, fuel filter, inspect the carb/possibly rebuild, check the clutch springs, and to check the compression (I don't have a gauge.)
I got the saw back and was told there was a leak/busted fuel line (they replaced.) The carb was cleaned, but apparently did not need rebuilding. The clutch springs are apparently fine. The compression was 97lbs....
The guy at the counter said it so casually. I was confused and said "damn...isn't that a bit low?" He replies "yeah, it seems a little low, but still plenty to do some cuttin" I paid the bill and left, wondering to myself how I could have cut up 7 cords of wood in the last year with that low compression?
The 044 seems a little tired to me, but it seems to run relatively well/strong to me. Always starts right up. I don't have that much of a frame of reference, but it will definitely hand it to my old muffler-modded 346xp in the bigger wood. I definitely used it with a 28" bar with skip chain to buck up a 40" white oak one afternoon for a friend and it handled it ok.
I'm including a couple snaps of the cylinder and the piston the best I know how...from a cell phone pic with the muffler cover taken off. Sorry if these don't tell you anything, but to me the cylinder and piston both look to be in great shape, but what do I know? :msp_tongue: I can run my fingernail up and down the piston with no snags.
What's going on with that low of compression? Should it even start and run decent with 97 lbs? Maybe I should get my own damn compression gauge...:hmm3grin2orange:
Edit: Bahh, somehow the pics are upside down...don't know why, they didn't look like that when I uploaded them...
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