new husqvarna 562xp air filter concerns

Are you still running the saw although you tried both methods to keep the dust out. How long have you been running the saw.

 

Sure I am running them, it's a saw. I don't like it but if it blows there is a 4 year warranty. So run the cr@p out of em before it happens. The 562 is very strong, the 550xpg, not so much.

 

I only got a 2 year. I asked my dealer about it and she said only a 2 year even if I bought the mix.

 

Deal must have changed. I bought my 555 with 3 cans of fuel and got the 4 year warranty earlier this year.

 

I understand that but in my mind I think what about all the undue wear I put on it that first 4 years or whatever and it blows up at 6 cause of the issue.

There is a problem there. If dealer is made aware any damage should be covered. Thats a flaw. If you take a fresh run saw in thats not neglected and dont have a crappy filter and all that dust is in the intake thats a flaw. Think of all that was injested and not stuck in the intake.

 

Have to keep those chains sharp! I used to get the fines but learned that a good sharp chain is your best way to keep the filter clean.
Big chips can't get by the filter. I was being lazy and working a dull chain too long.

 

That helps a lot. But things like dry wood just make more dust. Sharp chains cut it down but dont eliminate it

 

Surely there is something wrong. Why would they go backwards on a proven design? I would be questioning my dealer real hard. But I cut some old dry dusty crap sometimes

 

Ok then

 

Trust me, I am fairly adept at grinding chain and keeping them sharp.

 

I wasnt the one who said your running a dull chain. I pointed out that even sharp chains make some dust.

 

This is not a product of dull chains. Most of the wood I cut is very large, cut offs from log landings on freshly felled logs. It is not dry either. The only dust is the dirt from being skidded, a necessary evil.

 

No offense taken, I get it.

 

Been cutting dead ash trees thanks to the Ashbore worm. I keep my chain's sharp but this dead dry wood make a lot of dust.

 

Yeah when I cut 3 year old dead ash got a lot of small chips. they tend to dull chain faster then fresh wood. but even freshly sharpened chains still had a lot of dust!

 

That's some good burning stuff. Supposedly "warms the kings feet".
If you have some and want to try it, put a thin layer of dieletric grease around the horn base and around where the filter mounts to it . That grease works very well on my ms261 filter base

 

I put bearing grease that came with the saw around the base of the horn. Also around where the 2 pieces snap together. Cleaned an area inside the intake boot. Next time I cut with it I will check the area I cleaned to see how much is in there.

 

As I said earlier, the grease didn't help, the O ring didn't help and the flocked filter was a replacement for the nylon mesh, (white one) that came with the "G" model. There is a problem with the air horn on these auto tunes.

This is the saw I have run probably the most, a 346XP, and it has NEVER been cleaned inside the throat. This is also the OLDEST (in regards to how long I have had them) saw I have other than the Stihl.

 

Yea I dont clean carb throats and have almost no dust ever in them. I would freak out if I pulled the filter on my new saw and saw that in there!!!

 

Are you thinking that it's getting through the media? Seems you've sealed up all the other points of entry.