Need help identifying Husqvarna 266 XP

[cfkreider]

I have a Husqvarna 266 xp per the side case but the black serial tag just says 266 on it. Not sure if it is a standard 266, 266se or 266xp. Any help would be apreciated!

 

[huskihl]

Welcome to the site. Your saw looks like a 266.....











With a 266xp recoil on it lol. Possibilities are endless until you post a pic of the intake design and/or measure the bore through the exhaust port. Could be anywhere from 61cc to 72cc

 

[272super]

Assuming the saw is original,the black tag should make it an xp. Also had silver tags for se/xp.Transition to xp was around 1986.There was never a plain 266 even though the tag says so. Either SE or XP. To remove all doubt if the carb is a Tillotson s163 it would be a SE. If it has a S224 it would be an XP. They went from SE to XP. Cylinders are the same. Same with intake,etc. The 61,268,272 have many interchangeable parts with it. The 266 is pretty close to a 272. Very good saws.

 

[Chainsaw Jim]

Another difference between the se and xp is the piston. The first pic is the se; the second is the xp.

 

[dogfather]

plenty of good misinformation here: tag color has no bearing what so ever on model designation. I have XP-models with both black and silver tags and SE-models with similarly colored tags.
the HS224 carburetor was introduced to the product line beginning with s/n 5311370 for the SE-model, and 5160935 for the SG-model per service bulletin X 85.106-96.
unless someone has changed parts I would be inclined to believe the tag.