Looks like there are 3 choices AIR FILTER ASSY BLCK 80 MICRON NYLON, AIR FILTER ASSY YELLOW 44 MICRON NYLON FILTER, AIR FILTER ASSY NATURAL FELT. Currently running the felt any advantage/disadvantage to the other choices?
The nylon mesh filters will sometimes let fines through but are easy to keep clean. Sometimes they are called a "winter" filter. Also good for wet conditions.
Yep. As MasterMech stated, the Micron rating is usually not as low as the flock/felt type filter. So the mesh/screen filters are normally used in the Winter.
Anybody else notice a lot of fines getting past the 562XP filter? I had the winter filter and replaced it with a flocked mesh and had the same problem. Upon closer examination the fines are getting through in the bottom center of the filter/throat area. I put some grease around the this collar to try and seal it up better. Both my old 562XP and new 562XPG have this problem. My dealer looked at it and agreed the filter should have an O ring.
That's one of the few knocks against the new generation of Husky. They got outdone by Stihl at their own game..... The filtration for saws like the MS241, 261, 362CM, and the 441 is excellent due to the very Husky-like pre-cleaning systems and Stihl's new filter designs. I wonder if you could inject some silicone or similar in the filter groove as a seal?
The 562 filter has so much more area in the circumference that is just doesn't fit tight enough to seal well. I can't imagine I am the only person having this problem.
Put a little grease around the mating surfaces . Doesn't take much and works . I do it on all my saws .
So do you guys wash your felt filters or just replace them? My local dealer was having a hard time looking up a new filter, even after I supply them with a part number. Prices online aren't too bad under $10 however most people want seven plus to ship them, Nelsons speed shop wanted 32 dollars to ship one.
All filters get plugged up with fines eventually to the point of where blowing them off no longer is effective. The flocked filters you can spray them out with brake cleaner or carb cleaner and that will de-oil and rinse them out good. I've done it to older fleeced style filters as well. The newer Stihl HD2 Style filters, I'm just knocking out the chips and blowing them off with air. Haven't had to deep clean one yet. Your dealer has trouble with looking up a filter for a very popular model chainsaw within his own sales line? I'm not sure if I'd be irritated or just feel bad.
I had a flock filter that had reached the end of good usable life. When this filter was on the saw, it would rev super slow, stumble when blipped, etc. MasterMech seen first hand how this saw operated with the crappie filter. They get to a point of total saturation. The fines and spit back over the years just plugs them. Compressed air normally gets majority of it. But that's why we change them after so long. Just like you would the air filter in your car.
Yeah not sure the girl with the mustache (Did I just say that out loud)? Knew what she was doing. I ran out of time and patience so I bailed before it got ugly.
