I went away from always dependable Stihl, and got the big 372xp. I have been so disapointed with this product, I will never buy another. It's always a crap shoot on whether it will fire up. Today was shot to heck because it wouldn't fire once again. It kicks butt when ot runs and makes short work of big jobs. Let it sit for a week, and back to square one. There may be sme unknown trick to getting these things going, but There shouldn't need be. Seems to flood, and a coworker who runs a small engine shop changes the plug and it seems to go. My Stihl nruns on the same plugs for years. Put in a new plug today with no results. What a pile of junk.
I own several 372’s, and have never once had an issue with them starting or running. Best saw I’ve owned.
I bought this saw about two years ago. I love it when it runs, but this piece of crap shouldnt have these issues. My Stihls can sit for months and start right up. My start up is to decompress; pull choke- not touching the trigger, was told this is a major cause for problems; quick prayer; pull the cord and hope for a partial start. Wouldnt start a few weeks ago except by chance one day. Started and ran great as long as I ran it everry daoy or so. Let it sit a week or more and its by Grace it will go.
Once she's dried back out try no decomposition > 2 pulls on choke & no more> push in choke & pull till she's alive. (Should only be a couple)
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Thanks. I know in the past when I would be working it, I didn't decompress and it started on the first pull.
Next time it sits for awhile, pull the choke out and push it back in. That'll set the high idle and give it air instead of fuel. Or hold it wide open while you crank it. If it starts, the needle isn't seating and fuel is dripping into the case while it sits. Or just trade it off Lol
My 372xt starts very easy. I do full choke dont use comp release pull until it pops then push choke to off and pull until it starts. The comp release seems to cause flooding, as does leaving the choke on after it pops once. Mine is a 2012 model and has cut about 45 cords, the coil went south in august 2017. I put a new coil on it which did help the cold start somewhat. I agree the old saws start easier. My 266se is the easiest starting saw i have ever owned.
Well I went out this morning. One pull on choke and it sputtered. Took choke off and it fired on second pull. Attacked the trees like a madman. Only mishap was my nearlt full jug of bar oil got a punture after I put it in my catch all tub of various tools and such. Had an inch of oil in the bottom making a mess. I dont sweat grimy things so i rubbed some dead leaves on the hatchet and moved on. From now on I will leave the compression charged and see how it goes.
I’m coming up on a year owning my 372xp XTorq and have never used the decomp. It pulls easier than my little echo leaf blower to my surprise!! Haven’t had cold start trouble either, it does take half dozenish pulls but always fires. Only trouble I’ve had is a bang out of the muffler on a warm start and stalling coming out of the cut. Still trying to iron it out, but I’m waiting to put some more hours on it first since it hadn’t seen a ton of use yet.
I may have discovered the issue. I was out in the shop tinkering and dcided to fire it up. Did the two pulls on choke and took choke off, and pulled away, as recommended. No luck, so I decided to try to choke it for a sputter. I noticed when i pulled the choke out the second time, as I pulled I felt a "click". Gave one pull, got a sputter. Off choke/ yank and it fired straight away. Seemed to fast idle too. Could be I never pulled the choke far enough to completely close it up. As fragile as that mechanism feels, I have been careful about pulling it beyond where it seems to stop. Will try again tomorrow, being mindful of this. Want to try it stone cold.
