Ricrhys
ArboristSite Lurker
Hi there,
New to the forum, new to chainsaws and to small engines.
I have a Stihl MS260 which I bought a couple of months ago all has been fine until today, it's had really light use so far but today was the longest I've used it for just chopping firewood up at the barn, all of a sudden it just stalled, of course I just went to start it again and it had no compression, then after a few pulls the flywheel jammed.
You can see from the photos that the piston pin circlip has died and caused this damage, what do you think caused it to die? just a dodgy circlip or something worse?
You can see shrapnel in the crank housing so I'll need to clean it out.
Any advice greatly welcome.
Thanks in advance.
Ric
New to the forum, new to chainsaws and to small engines.
I have a Stihl MS260 which I bought a couple of months ago all has been fine until today, it's had really light use so far but today was the longest I've used it for just chopping firewood up at the barn, all of a sudden it just stalled, of course I just went to start it again and it had no compression, then after a few pulls the flywheel jammed.
You can see from the photos that the piston pin circlip has died and caused this damage, what do you think caused it to die? just a dodgy circlip or something worse?
You can see shrapnel in the crank housing so I'll need to clean it out.
Any advice greatly welcome.
Thanks in advance.
Ric