not you- a previous owner, you picked the saw up cheaply I thought- so it is not a new in box saw for you- or was the damage not there when you bought it?
It was like this when I bought it. I gave $100 for this, a pair of 015L saws and an MS250. The MS250 and the MS200T both run and cut wood. The 015L saws both need fuel lines, bars, and chains. I didn't put any value on the 015L's, but they both do start if I spray fuel mix at the carbs.
The MS200T is melted on the bottom and the very bottom of the rear of the right side cover is cut off. The chain was sharp and the bar in good shape.
The guy had piles of saws in an old shed, probably a couple hundred or more. They were stacked like firewood.
He had advertised the 015L's, but he had the MS250 in a case in the front garage, and the MS200T hanging from a hook in his garage.
Supposedly he bought out some repair shop a number of years ago with the intention of fixing them all up but never did. The house had a SOLD sign out front, so my take was he was dumping everything fast. I'm not sure he knew the difference between a Stihl or a Chinese Homelite. Complete saws were basically $40 each. The MS250 is like new, but I dumped that on CL right away. This one may be heading there as well. I didn't expect the MS200T to run, let alone start easy and cut. He didn't know where he got it from, but he knew it cut wood which is why it was in his house garage. There was a puddle of oil beneath where it was hanging so it had been there for a while. He even gave me a homemade oil bottle to refill it with. A soda bottle with a liquor pourer on it with a rubber cap that was full of bar oil.
The saw has enough compression to require me to drop start it. It pulls as hard as my 036P without the decomp button depressed.
I at first was thinking about buying some new plastic for it but I don't think its worth all the trouble. If these tend to run hot, maybe I'll just move on from this and use the money for something nicer. I'm sure some tree guy starting out would value one of these more than me.
To me its just a nice little saw for around the yard. I could probably get by with an electric for most jobs were I'd use the MS200T.
That aluminum 'protector' on fleabay looks like it would make the heat problem worse? It needs to be on the inside to protect the plastic.