New Husky 346xp - lousy filter!

[sunfish]

The new filter won't fit on an older saw - unless you change more than just the filter.

I figured I'd have to order the new style filter mount. Just wondering if it's worth it. Guess I'll just stay with the original style, since it as worked this long.

Thanks!

 

[SawTroll]

I figured I'd have to order the new style filter mount. Just wondering if it's worth it. Guess I'll just stay with the original style, since it as worked this long.

Thanks!

Unless you have a problem, leave it as is!

 

[SawTroll]

Here's the pics of my filter. I had already cleaned it after cutting up a downed dead tree. The wood was more punk than good and the dust really coated the inside of the filter and carb. These pics are after about a half hour of cutting in a woodpile.

Some sign of normal spit-back from the carb, nothing else in the pics.

Cutting mainly punky wood can defeat any filter system.....

 

[sunfish]

Unless you have a problem, leave it as is!

I have no complaints, so will do...

Thanks man!

 

[Andyshine77]

I actually prefer the old twist on filters.

 

[wendell]

Hey himiler, I used to live in Garland and when I saw you were from the area, the first thing I thought of was Luigi's in Rockwall. Man, I miss their garlic sauce.

 

[SawTroll]

I actually prefer the old twist on filters.

Both have worked well for me, with the "yellow" mesh filters!

 

[Trigger Man]

Here's the pics of my filter. I had already cleaned it after cutting up a downed dead tree. The wood was more punk than good and the dust really coated the inside of the filter and carb. These pics are after about a half hour of cutting in a woodpile.

That's not off of a 346 NE that's the twist style that came on the OE 346, unless someone put an old style mount on a newer saw.

 

[SawTroll]

That's not off of a 346 NE that's the twist style that came on the OE 346, unless someone put an old style mount on a newer saw.

Right! - I didn't notise that!

 

[Trigger Man]

Some of the older style filter set up's as the filter gets taken on and off the tabs don't seal as good, and sometimes the circle opening on the filter itself has some plastic casting bumps that don't allow the filter to seal tight to the manifold or plastic elbow. Try a different filter and see what happens.

 

[himiler]

That's not off of a 346 NE that's the twist style that came on the OE 346, unless someone put an old style mount on a newer saw.

Or, I got a never used old saw thinking I was getting a new late model one. How can I tell? Mod. # & Ser. #be enough?
Mod. 965 16 76-00
Ser. 08 2300266

 

[SawTroll]

Or, I got a never used old saw thinking I was getting a new late model one. How can I tell? Mod. # & Ser. #be enough?
Mod. 965 16 76-00
Ser. 08 2300266

That is a NE346xp, made 2008 week 23 - but the pictured filter doesn't add up with that - it is for an older saw!

If the filter you pictured came on that saw, there obviously was a filter problem - a total mis-fit between the saw and the filter!

No wonder a lot of dust entered! :censored:

 

[bass_on_tap]

it is for an older saw! :

Yes, that's the filter I have and mine is a 2003 model.

 

[SawTroll]

I wish people that have a problem would start with asking a simple question, instead of raising the red flag on a saw model in the heading of a thread! -and then the reason for the problem turns out to not be compatible with the heading!

 

[sunfish]

I wish people that have a problem would start with asking a simple question, instead of raising the red flag on a saw model in the heading of a thread! -and then the reason for the problem turns out to not be compatible with the heading!

Man, I was thinking the same thing yesterday. This was just a situation of
the wrong filter for the job. Not a poor filter design.

 

[himiler]

I wish people that have a problem would start with asking a simple question, instead of raising the red flag on a saw model in the heading of a thread! -and then the reason for the problem turns out to not be compatible with the heading!

I agree with making sure things are right before posting, but the filter really does fit as it's supposed to. Round hole, round peg, not square to round, and the fit is good and snug. The original dust covering on the inside of the filter housing was thick but very fine and was coming in from through the filter mesh, not through an incorrect fit.
I would not have thought that there was more than one filter for a given saw, didn't even cross my mind.
Hey, at least the post got others to check their saws, and as it turns out, I'm not the only one with an issue.
Last, if a filter for an internal combustion engine lets that much dust through, and it's the one the company ships with the saw, then it's a poor design.

 

[mikefunaro]

I wouldn't call it poor design but rather poor accessory/part specification. There are, however, lots of people who prefer the mesh to the flock. They are the norm in Sweden and much of Europe, AFAIK.

 

[himiler]

Specification is a better choice of words.
Sand has a lot of silica in it which translates into lapping compound on the inside of an engine. It's one of the tests run on engine oil samples to tell if the air filtration is working well. Too much silica in the oil and you start looking for the cause, whether it might be a tear or hole somewhere in the intake ducting, or a lousy filter. Since the lubricating oil on a 2-stroke is always fresh and never recycled, is it really that much of a concern on the air filtration? Would I have to eventually worry about clogging any carb passages?

 

[Trigger Man]

I wouldn't call it poor design but rather poor accessory/part specification. There are, however, lots of people who prefer the mesh to the flock. They are the norm in Sweden and much of Europe, AFAIK.

:agree2: You have to match the right accessories to the job at hand, Not everyone cuts in super dusty area's. You would'nt use a rifle for duck hunting.

 

[rustyb]

That's not off of a 346 NE that's the twist style that came on the OE 346, unless someone put an old style mount on a newer saw.

Are you sure about that?

I have the filter off my brand spanking new 346 NE right here in front of me and it is identical to the filter in those photos. The filter on the local dealers 346 NE is the same...well, except it's black. There's no twisting involved and it's held in place with a squarish metal loop.