201tc sawdust behind air filter

[MrMoon5shine]

so I have had my 201tc for a month or so and am loving it, great little saw. BUT today i was using it and was noting a lot of fine sawdust was getting past the air filter and even collecting inside the carb. I washed with mixed while holding the saw so gas would not flow into carb. I was cutting fir mill ends so more bark than wood, wondering if I should worry about this or just know that cutting that kind of wood will do this to a saw

 

[pete mctree]

How well does the filter sit in the recess? Also check for tiny holes, especially if you clean it with a high powered air line. I always find that a tiny amount gets through - especially when cutting thick flakey barked softwoods, but that does seem a little excessive

 

[Cobleskill]

Grease on the mating sections helps sometimes.

 

[treebilly]

I've been having the same problem. Showed the dealer and they said I messed up the filter somehow. Put a new one in and same thing the next day. I've just been cleaning the saw a bit more often.

 

[MrMoon5shine]

ok thanks, glad i don't get a lemon but it can not be good for the carb. what type of grease colbeskill? it seems to seat every well there's a click and its tough to pull off. meh a little more cleaning doesn't bug me as long as its not damaging to the saw

 

[Burnham]

Can't be good for it, long term especially. Carbs generally don't like that fine crud. Most filters leak a smidge, but that looks like way more junk getting by the filter than "normal".

 

[gf beranek]

I don't feel there's ever been a stock air filter for a chainsaw that could catch all the particulates. Especially redwood dust, and burned bark.

Is the Green Weenie still around? (K&N) It was an after-market air filter a lot of Husky owners used, and swore by. Still, if you looked in the air box particulates were still there.

I remember the early Sthil air filters were total junk. They are better today, but can still stand some improving upon.

Some fallers I knew tapped out their filters every time they gassed up. Some cleaned theirs only once a day. A few, once a week.

Clean, fresh air. Got to have it.

 

[Limbrat]

Hate to hear that, was thinking about pulling the trigger on one. I know Scott (BOTTS) has a new one too, maybe he will weigh in.

 

[Cobleskill]

http://www.knfilters.com/search/product.aspx?Prod=99-0704#reviews

 

[Grendel]

I don't feel there's ever been a stock air filter for a chainsaw that could catch all the particulates. Especially redwood dust, and burned bark.

Is the Green Weenie still around? (K&N) It was an after-market air filter a lot of Husky owners used, and swore by. Still, if you looked in the air box particulates were still there.

I remember the early Sthil air filters were total junk. They are better today, but can still stand some improving upon.

Some fallers I knew tapped out their filters every time they gassed up. Some cleaned theirs only once a day. A few, once a week.

Clean, fresh air. Got to have it.

Hey Jerry, was that why a lot of the pictures in your books show saws without the filter covers, and these big round air filters? Were those all aftermarket?

Thanks!

 

[Jed]

Yeah they were Grendel. You can still get most of those filters, including the Green Weenie from Madsen's.

 

[Grendel]

Cool, thank Jed. I'll give them a call next week, see what's what.

Cheers.

 

[BOTS]

Hate to hear that, was thinking about pulling the trigger on one. I know Scott (BOTTS) has a new one too, maybe he will weigh in.

I get no dust/dirt behind my filter..... just checked it after removing 5 small/med pines that I climbed last week, clean as a whistle, but the filter was dirty and doing its job..

Check to see if filter body is distorted because there should be not dust behind filter.....replace with new one.

 

[Limbrat]

Thanks Scott!

 

[Al Smith]

I'm not familiar with the saw .However look at the pictures .Does that gasket have a tear in it from the left 0 ring down? Looks like part of the gasket is on the cover and the rest on the back plate .

 

[MrMoon5shine]

talked it over with some of the local saw guys and we are thinking I either had a big cip that I didn't clear before putting the filter back or didn't seat it properly before putting the case back on, as the case does not screw on but is just a quarter turn latch. it has not happened since then but will be keeping an eye on it.

 

[Burnham]

Resolved then?

 

[gf beranek]

There will always be dust in the air-box. It isn't a NASA clean room out there.

 

[Burnham]

Well said, sir...the very voice of experience .

 

[MrMoon5shine]

Resolved then?

seems like it, probably going to turn down the next mill clean up job though, or just charge a lot more haha