Cleaning the muffler on a Stihl 036 chainsaw.

[leftyscott]

Couple of months ago my saw was spuuttering, not spinning the blade well so I took it to the local dealer who advised it was a dirty muffler. They cleaned it out. Ran perfect after this.

Fast foward 2 months.... same symptoms so I called the dealer. He asked if I let it idle a lot which I did on the last cut. Idling is bad!

He tells me to unscrew the outer cover and use a propane torch to burn off all the gunk inside. Sure enough it was filthy. Looked like creosote.

Not sure after taking the cover off, if I was supposed to disassemble the muffler or not. I didn't see any way to take it off the actual saw so I just burned the the gunk off with the muffler attached. I was a little nervous with the torch so close to plastic.

The saw ran fine afterwards , so I guess I did it correctly and saved $25 as well.

If this how you all clean your mufflers?

Thanks,

 

[Der Fuirmeister]

I've got an 036 Pro. It runs great, but I'll look at it and see if there's a build up. I've never cleaned the muffler. Do you run rich on oil?

 

[leftyscott]

I've got an 036 Pro. It runs great, but I'll look at it and see if there's a build up. I've never cleaned the muffler. Do you run rich on oil?

Not to my knowledge.... I use the Stihl brand oil mix and always give my gas can a good shake before filling it up. I've had the saw for 12 years and never had to mess with the muffler before ths year.

Thanks,

 

[LLigetfa]

You don't say what ratio you use. Maybe your carb low jet and idle needs adjustment. Maybe you need a new plug.

 

[leftyscott]

You don't say what ratio you use. Maybe your carb low jet and idle needs adjustment. Maybe you need a new plug.

I think the ratio is 50/1 and I did put a new plug in as a precaution.

Thanks,

 

[LLigetfa]

I think the ratio is 50/1...

Maybe you're getting AAADD like me. THe last time I mixed some gas, I screwed up on my ratio. I knew how may litres of gas I'd need for the amount of oil I had already put into the can but the can wouldn't hold that much gas. After I got it home I had to pour half of the mix into another can and top them both off to get the right ratio. Getting old sucks.

...I did put a new plug in as a precaution.

Just cuz it's new doesn't mean it's good. I've seen it before where the old plug worked better than the new one. I also ruined a new plug with just one flooding.

 

[Bigg_Redd]

Couple of months ago my saw was spuuttering, not spinning the blade well so I took it to the local dealer who advised it was a dirty muffler. They cleaned it out. Ran perfect after this.

Fast foward 2 months.... same symptoms so I called the dealer. He asked if I let it idle a lot which I did on the last cut. Idling is bad!

He tells me to unscrew the outer cover and use a propane torch to burn off all the gunk inside. Sure enough it was filthy. Looked like creosote.

Not sure after taking the cover off, if I was supposed to disassemble the muffler or not. I didn't see any way to take it off the actual saw so I just burned the the gunk off with the muffler attached. I was a little nervous with the torch so close to plastic.

The saw ran fine afterwards , so I guess I did it correctly and saved $25 as well.

If this how you all clean your mufflers?

Thanks,

Sounds like your jetted rich.

 

[trafick]

I heard there is two ways to run a chainsaw. Either WIDE open or not at all.

I too have a 9-10? (can't remember) year old 036 and have never had any problems.

 

[smokinj]

It needs lean up a little