[LEAKYSEALS951]

Make sure you have a new spark plug. My Stihl chainsaw seems lately to go through plugs as quick as my 911 can burn up a brazilian bosch coil. It gives weird running symptoms and then suddenly craps out. Lately- and maybe it's just me, the plugs just don't last. Everything else stihl... strong like ox.

On my "lesser" blowers, the diaphragms on the carbs get trashed by the ethanol gas. All they need to do is stretch ever so slightly. At least on the other brands- they don't even sell the gaskets, you just buy the whole carb to replace. Cheap pieces of crap.

edit- "lesser" brand = "TOY BUILT" I think also I have a "TORO" blower, but I can't remember. Ever since I bought "Stihl" Blower, weedeater, and Chainsaw... I have never looked back. Like they say, the most expensive tool you can buy is a cheap one since you will have to start over and replace it with a quality one later.