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I have an older Stihl 011 ATV chainsaw. I recently removed the plastic cover, blade & chain to clean it, something I've done many times in the past. This time, after I put everything back and started it up. A short time later, I noticed that a lot of chain oil was coming out from the bottom part...

Hello- A few weeks ago, I removed the plastic housing cover of the clutch & where chain goes around the sprocket, etc., I removed the chain and the bar & carefully cleaned out the debris top to bottom, something I have done on numerous occasions. Put it all back together, etc. After it had...

Some bar oil ended up in the gas tank of my Stihl chainsaw. I already dumped the contents of the gas tank out. But I want to make sure that every speck of the bar oil is gone. What should I use to rinse out the tank? Would plain no-oil gasoline work, or something else? Thanks for your help.

Hello- When replacing the carburetor for this particular saw, the confusion lies in the variety of brands and the large swing of prices, from $19 to $73. That said, are there any brands that produce better or more consistent results than others? Thank you for your help.

I am do some maintenance on a 34-year old Stihl 011AVT. In replacing the gas tank vent rubber tubing (it had started to crumble apart), I found, inside the tubing, a very small fully threaded brass screw. Does anyone know what the screw is for? To my way of thinking, the screw would seem to...

Hello- For the small Stihl 011AVT chainsaw, the owner's manual is rather ambiguous about the correct gas-to-oil-ration mix. It says, "50:1/40:1" What ratio do people on here recommend?