GJohn86
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I bought a rebuilt 268XP recently. The saw is everything I want from a saw, but it's clear the guy who rebuilt it did little to no testing after the rebuild.
It weeps fuel, it wouldn't idle and now I've found the pressure waves blow the exhaust apart. It leaves a gap meaning hot gases escaped and melted the top cover!
Anyway, is this common? The exhaust is in two halves that just press together. One side bolts to the cylinder, the other is held in place by a weedy metal bracket bolted to the front of the body.
The pressure just blows the two halves apart. Anyone else suffered with this and what is the best fix? I'm considering two things, one is to make the bracket beefier. The second is a tack weld holding the halves of exhaust together.
Gaz
The photo is crap but you get the idea
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It weeps fuel, it wouldn't idle and now I've found the pressure waves blow the exhaust apart. It leaves a gap meaning hot gases escaped and melted the top cover!
Anyway, is this common? The exhaust is in two halves that just press together. One side bolts to the cylinder, the other is held in place by a weedy metal bracket bolted to the front of the body.
The pressure just blows the two halves apart. Anyone else suffered with this and what is the best fix? I'm considering two things, one is to make the bracket beefier. The second is a tack weld holding the halves of exhaust together.
Gaz
The photo is crap but you get the idea
..
Sent from my SM-G900F using Tapatalk