Stihl MS250 Chain Saw Won’t Start ? Let’s Fix It !

Stihl MS250 Chain Saw Spark Problem Fixed

[@jasonsosnick8669]

Saw arrived yesterday kzbin.infoUgkxfQm1wmg0ItKDLavxj1nXtQY9HP7EF504 and today I cut about 3/4 cord of wood with it. Make sure you get an extension chord that is at least 12 gauge wire, minimum. This is my first electric in about 10 years, and things sure have improved. The self-sharpener works great, and it just kept cutting through some pretty decent logs. Wear your eye protection, and ear protection. Excellent saw.

[@Tnerbist]

*Coming up on having had this saw for a year....am a casual user and bought it to cut up sections for bowl blanks. Easy to start, **Bestfor.Garden** also recommend even after storage for a couple of months. Simple chain tension adjustment. Just cut up some 20" Osage Orange, including ripping bolts in half (at an angle). Like butter!*

[@rw3dog]

Cool, I have owned my about 20 years or so….

[@hazeyfla]

This saw was handed down to me from my father and I absolutely hate it. It never starts and I ended up getting a pruning blade for my sawzall.

[@Koby-Burbine]

I hate mine too. The best solution is to buy a husky 😂

[@PJBHolden]

That homelike sounds great 👍

[@jimmyscoffield1988]

Try doing maintenance yearly, at least check and clean things. Is your fuel filter hooked up?

[@bnscholet911]

Has to be missing the fuel filter for crap that big to make it in the carb. 😲

[@tammydengler2949]

I watched this, and that's what was wrong -w- mine. The coil lost it's correct gap. Thanks man you saved me a lot of time, and money. Pays to look at KZbin before buying unneeded parts.

[@rw3dog]

I am glad I could help. Thanks for watching.

[@jandelahoussaye9834]

What is correct gap spec?

[@rw3dog]

.008”

[@TrappingTheMitten-JohnHowell]

I'm having the same trouble with mine this summer. I'm going to check the gap and let you know. Just subbed

[@Donald-em7zh]

Still won't fire

[@DKTractors]

That MS250 doesn’t look much different from the one I have which is only four years old

[@jell4662]

Same here…. Mines a 2015

[@KensSmallEngineRepair]

Someone just put one of those in back of my truck for a no start repair. Hope it’s that easy!

[@rw3dog]

Let’s hope so

[@809FILMS]

Currently have two waiting to be serviced

[@KensSmallEngineRepair]

@@809FILMS thanks for watching!

[@danielpadgett2831]

If it was full of saw dust and junk and never cleaned out of course it's going to affect the coil and fly wheel gap and dust in the carb. Just saying but regular cleaning after each use on the recoil side and the bar and chain side will prevent this in the future

[@marcrogers1741]

A suggestion: Chaps, I almost got it once and that straighten me out. maybe you have them. I had a Natoonal guard Doc in Vermont tell me once he would rather see a battle field onjury than a chainsaw

[@darkgrey1790]

I just saved one of these from a dumpster. Same symptoms as yours. I'm going to tear it down and hopefully it will be the same problem. I have fire wood to cut and my Ryobi just won't cut it... pun intended.

[@greenroomdude]

Curios how your rebuild went? I just picked one of these up for free aswell.

[@darkgrey1790]

@@greenroomdude I replaced the carb,filters and coil. She cuts through wood like it's butter now.

[@greenroomdude]

@@darkgrey1790 right on! I will look into those parts. Thank you for your knowledge.

[@billmckim6589]

my MS 250 won’t start up after I left it sitting in barn during winter! I emptied the fuel tank and let the carburetor dry out. Is this related to your issue? If so what’s part number you replaced?

[@rw3dog]

See if you have spark as step one

[@franciscojaquez855]

You said you gapped it to 0.800 right???

[@jandelahoussaye9834]

.008 that's 8 tenths of a thousanth of a inch

[@rw3dog]

.008”

[@KensSmallEngineRepair]

Gotta love the old Homies!!!

[@hossskul544]

3:57 so you've had to spend all this time, all this money, ordering parts off of Amazon, spending more time to get it just to start up a chainsaw and cut some damn wood, by electric !

[@davidbryant3532]

By electric? Really? By yourself a proper education...fuck electric tools...

[@ellismidkiff6117]

Fuel tank filter is probably loose and in the bottom of the tank or the tank hose has a hole in it. That’s a lot of junk in the carb.

[@jimmyscoffield1988]

I googled it also, it says the gap should be .12-.13 thous.

[@darcyscott2406]

Good job! Thanks

[@josephherculespriceofmachi1558]

Ground wires

[@renejakobsen7444]

Mine do not start - will try this. Ran last year. Thank you!

[@colinlaw2780]

got a ms880 in saw mill did the same thing going to take e look at the gap will let you know what happens

[@larryreno8293]

If the coil has been touching or has gotten closer to the flywheel your crank bearings may be bad or the engine mountings could be loose. If the engine is moving in the plastic case you case is worn.

[@denisdenis2034]

on this model the coil is bolted on crankcase so the engine mount can't be responsable:)

[@larryreno8293]

@@denisdenis2034 I would urge you to look at a video I posted, but I would understand if you didn’t so I’ll quickly explain. The clamshell type motor is bolted to the plastic case assembly. In the case are 4 metal bushings that the engine bolts pass through, holding the engine. The coil also bolts to the case, when the saw gets worked beyond its limits the case will wear at the point where bushing pass through the plastic. The engine, now lose and sloppy, will contact the coil.

[@MissouriOldTimer]

that's really curious why that coil got closer to the flywheel, if anything I would think it would get further away,,, I really like those old EZ Homelites, I had a couple of then and a lot of XL's.

[@rw3dog]

Yeah my father bought the saw new. He loves it. It runs great and gets very little use. It has a manual oiler too. The muffler is a little gone but other than that it is solid.....

[@JeffCarlson-f5y]

How did you adjust the gap?

[@rw3dog]

Loosen the coil slide it away from or toward the flywheel

[@jimmyscoffield1988]

Cuts like a beaver on speed. lol!

[@barocioanthony959]

So no need to replace the coil? Just a re gapping?

[@rw3dog]

In my case it just needed to be regapped

[@santosgarcia4340]

nice job joe!!

[@stephendaurie9344]

mine is brand new. the pull cord is to hard to pull out to start it, will be taking it back to the dealer

[@JamminClemmons]

Mine does the same thing but I let it sit for 2 years in my basement. I can't pull the cord. What did your dealership do for you? - Mine is strong Stihl MS-290 Farmboss.

[@883greatlakes]

@@JamminClemmons it's probably the recoil needs some new pawl dogs. that makes it hard to start.

[@isaacbarrett9212]

Awesome. Thank you for a no BS video.

[@markmaetzold311]

Nice video on your experience and resolution. How does the Homelite start?

[@rw3dog]

Starts good

[@tractormatt4301]

What ever happened to the 028 I sold you?

[@rw3dog]

Ugh that POS is garbage. Has not enough compression. Needs new cylinder piston, rings etc. Needs a sprocket .... lots of money. I am tempted to get the $40 eBay aftermarket top end.

[@davidmichael5311]

I love them old Homelite's. I have a Super XL12, and a regular XL12, that I use every year to cut my Dad's Winter wood. He owns a big Stihl, and he is really shocked how well my Homelite's stand up to his Stihl. Only problem in comparison is the old Homelite's are a lot heavier. I guess that's why their still running and still reliable 50 years later. I have 2 Super EZ's, that I'm getting ready to rebuild the carbs on, to use as a lighter limb cutting saw.

[@rw3dog]

Neat