How To Clean The Felt Air Filter On Stihl 026

Lujan Mune1959 · Tuesday, April 12, 2022

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How clean are they supposed to be? Can yous meet calorie-free through them? My MS260 came with 1 and I tin't seem to get it clean no matter what.

I'm cutting in snowfall and non throwing sawdust so I think I'll buy a mesh filter. But I don't think the fleece should be a unmarried utilise filter. Even later I clean it the filter tin can hardly get air though it. I used soapy water, air gun etc, nothing works.

Ken

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Ken,
I take been using carburator cleaner to spray through the filter. This has worked well for me.Y'all want to spray from the centre outward toward the outsie of the filter. This way you will not strength the clay ext into the filter.From the center outward if the filter comes autonomously.Be certain to blow dry out the filter after using this technique.Two cycle engines do not similar carb cleaner.It the cleaner flowes thru the filter then you lot have little to worry almost. I suspect a lean mixture if cutting in the cold. What are the saws symptoms?
Ken!

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To explain a scrap, with the filter off the saw idles perfect, revs chop-chop and slows speedily. (Note I wasn't lightheaded plenty to endeavor WOT with no filter)

With filter on the saw won't idle, won't rev well, blows lite black smoke at WOT, has near 1/4 of the power, fouls plugs etc. Generally acts like the asphyxiate is on.

Talked to the dealer equally it is a new saw, I'm only on perchance the 20th tank of fuel. He thinks I'm non cleaning the filter right. He said warm soapy water which I tried and it didn't practice anything. I'm getting tired of cleaning with the air hose every 2d tank of gas!

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Well I'm glad to hear that you are wise enough to Not run the saw at WOT without a filter on it. I would think that an airgun would clean almost any air filter out there, but I have been wrong earlier, so I would suggest you have the dealer await at the whole saw and cheque it out from pinnacle to lesser. You may just accept a carb needle or 2 out of adjustment, you may have a plugged fuel filter, a bad batch of fuel, the wrong gas/oil mix ratio. But I am not maxim that you lot are at fualt for any is causing the problem, simply that yous can have information technology stock-still easily if you lot know what to expect for. I suggest that you change the fuel filter, the air filter, the plug, get some fresh gas and mix some new 50:1 mix with Stihl oil and you should have no bug. If that doesnt gear up it have the saw to the dealer and explicate the problem to them, I'thou sure they can fix it with ease.

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If this is the heavy duty black filter with felt information technology should only be used in very dry and dusty weather.
The green wire mesh filter is used for normal and winter weather.
A carb adjustment will exist required if changing between these 2 filters.
Are both filters available for your 260?

or does it wait like this ...

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Kevin,
This may be a worse instance senero, still when the filter is secured to the saw, the carburator may have a bad diaphram. This is why the saw is smoking and running bad.The engine may be drawing raw fuel thru the diaphram. This may be a long shot simply worth a expect run into.With the filter off, the engine draws the air and breaths normally.
Ken

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These are the two types for my 066 ...

Does this 260 accept the Intellicarb?

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If yous'd have bought a Husky with Air Injection or Jonsered Turbo you wouldn't have this problem You might try spraying the filter with starting fluid/ether. It cleans good and dries fast. That'due south what I use on my Jonsereds and Huskys although they've never actually needed a filter cleaning

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It is a white fleece filter, the dealer says a mesh filter is available but he doesn't apply them.

To be off-white I've never had to clean whatsoever chips out of the filter. I had cut an onetime rotted elm awhile dorsum and I call up the dust from that ruined the filter.

I'll go see the dealer today.
Ken

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Ken;
What does your transmission say about the filters?

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IIRC the manual assumes you have a mesh one on and recommends the fleece for dusty atmospheric condition.

I asked the dealer this and his response was he will sell a mesh for use in the winter only why use the one with less filtration? He seemed to imply bravado snow is the only problem the fleece ones accept.

Well I ran into the snow trouble too every bit the snow is knee deep and I have to cutting off all the tire poppers. The snow tin mat up on the fleece and freeze when you come across the saw down for a few minutes.

Re the oil mixture etc I'm running Stihl oil at 50:1 with fresh gas, no alcohols or anything in our fuel here. Information technology is a cold climate but but fourth dimension the saw is running lean is the concluding few drops of fuel in the tank when it races before I go it shut off.

The mixture needles have those limiters on them then only mild adjustments can be made. I understand yous can popular the caps off merely I think the filter is the underlying problem.

Oh and I tried blowing through the filter with my rima oris and it is difficult, not free blowing similar a car air filter.
Ken

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For blowing snow I would flip the air intake and switch to the mesh filter.
The limiters aren't your problem.
Just every bit a side notation, is the screen clean on the muffler?

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Kevin, slipped in the winter flap last weekend and it helps the snowfall problem when I'm using the saw oftentimes enough to warm it up (was -15 C).

Screen on muffler is clean too.

I'm going to pick up a new fleece and a mesh filter for it this night on my way home. I but have limited time to work between weather and weekends and can't have to proceed going home to clean filters.

Ken

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It doesn't hurt to carry more than one filter and modify it half fashion through the mean solar day, depending on use.
When you get back domicile you can wash both out in warm soapy water then rinse them and allow them to dry out.

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Picked up a mesh filter I'g liking this, it looks like it is field cleanable! Can accident through it easily. The dealer said I could bring it in and he'd look over information technology quick for costless.

Thank you for the help. I'll update after the weekend.
Ken

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Ken, check around the mouth of the carb later heavy use to make sure zilch is getting by the filter.
If the saw runs properly with the mesh filter and the carb is clean you volition probable have what you demand.
Keep us posted.

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Put the mesh filter on, saw fired up get-go pull, idles beautifully! I'll endeavour information technology out in some trees this weekend. I promise the neighbours didn't mind me running my saw at 9:30 pm!

Ken

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Cut all day with the mesh filter without i bit of problem! Opened information technology up and no dirt inside or on the filter

So to all yous husqy guys who were laughin', endeavor a fleece filter!

BTW Ran into the largest live tree yet that I've had to cut on my property, dbh was a bit longer than my 16" bar, butt was over 2 ft. We're putting a skid route along the property line so we can pick what trees will come up out. Spend most of the time cleaning upwardly slash as we are using a regular farm tractor, no forest prep on information technology.
Ken

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Here'southward an update, the mesh filter hasn't needed to be cleaned yet even with the winter flap open. Hither is a pic of the fleece:

and the mesh:

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