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Originally Posted by Efthreeoh
The Stihl cut fine once it started. It would ALWAYS require pulling the plug and drying out the cylinder. And I kept it dry* since the day I bought it. Stihl just made it too fancy with their easy-start compression release junk.
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I have a handful of Stihl 2 stroke gizmos. At first I, too, hated them because they were So. Hard. To. Start. I finally found a method that works for all of them:
- never ever Ever EVER touch anything resembling a primer bulb on any Stihl 2 stroke
- set full choke, open full throttle
- pull until it sputters -- 3 pulls usually
- choke off all the way, still full throttle
- pull 2-3 more times and presto
I did have to replace the ridiculously thick wool felt air filter on the leaf blower as well. I replaced it with oiled foam rubber and now I can start it using the above method. Before I did that it flooded Every. Single. Time.