morningwood
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I have had a Stihl MS290 for about 4 years now. Use it mostly for cutting around 2 cords of firewood a year. I would say there might be 100 hours on the saw, but that might be a stretch. Saw has ran fine until recently. The saw seems to not have any power when I cut into a log.
I have done the following:
I took it to a dealer close by and they said it was not oiling and that was reason it would not cut. They said the oiler was plugged. The chain is definitely getting lots of oil now. I do notice when I cut there is alot of "smoke" coming from the sprocket area. That is area is also full of what looks to be grease made up of oil and saw dust.
Was thinking possibly the gas filter inside the saw could be plugged but I looked at it and it looks fine.
Anybody have any thoughts ?
Thanks,
Scott
I have done the following:
- Chain Sharpened
- New Bar - Old bar was looking rough
- New Spark Plug - gapped correctly
- New Gas / Oil Mixture - 93 octane gas
- Air Filter Cleaned
I took it to a dealer close by and they said it was not oiling and that was reason it would not cut. They said the oiler was plugged. The chain is definitely getting lots of oil now. I do notice when I cut there is alot of "smoke" coming from the sprocket area. That is area is also full of what looks to be grease made up of oil and saw dust.
Was thinking possibly the gas filter inside the saw could be plugged but I looked at it and it looks fine.
Anybody have any thoughts ?
Thanks,
Scott