I for one am glad you brought this to light and that I hope you don't listen
to that "kid on their parents computer" . I too am curious if anyone can add
to this. I once had a Poulan that acted exactly just like that.
Greyhound

"Oscar_Lives" wrote in message
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"aaa" wrote in message
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I have a Stihl O21 chain saw about 5 years old, light usage. Last fall it
developed problems starting and it got so once I would get it running, it
would work until I shut it off then there was no getting it restarted
until it cooled. I took it to the repair shop and the guy said that the
head was warped and that it was not worth repairing. I talked to a
different guy and he told me that if I changed the gas/oil mix for 1
bottle of oil to a gallon of gas, to 2 bottles of oil to a gallon of gas ,
I might get some use out of it. I tried this, this weeked and the thing
works like a champ. Starts every time, hot or cold. My question now is,
can this last or will it eventually sieze up? Can someone explain to me
what is going on, why the heavier oil mix would make it run?

Thanks.

Why don't you ask the idiot who gave you that advice? Why bother us with
your problems?