I only ask out of curiosity to see what you all think/your own experiences.
I see these all over, available for the vast majority of name brand saws/trimmers/etc on Amazon. They usually are $10-25 bucks, and include all new fuel lines, spark plug, fuel +air filter(s), a carburetor, etc. I have used these on a couple pieces of unimportant/cheap equipment that I got for free or not worth getting name brand parts, and it was a definite hit or miss. The carburetors are about 50/50 if they even run, I've ran into one recently for an Echo PAS-230 where it was really not possible to properly adjust, even with a tachometer in the other hand, the tolerances were so far off from what could be considered functional. Also a fuel line grommet for my own Echo SRM-210 that lasted under a year before it started leaking (even with ethanol free premix). But, on the other hand, how can you mess up a cellulose air filter?
At my work, I only mess with genuine Stihl parts for customers equipment. New carbs go on without need for adjustment, no ignition coils that die after 1 hour, etc. Seems to be cost/benefit.
Is it worth it to you to pay up for the OEM stihl/echo/honda "maintenance kits" sometimes 4x the cost?
I see these all over, available for the vast majority of name brand saws/trimmers/etc on Amazon. They usually are $10-25 bucks, and include all new fuel lines, spark plug, fuel +air filter(s), a carburetor, etc. I have used these on a couple pieces of unimportant/cheap equipment that I got for free or not worth getting name brand parts, and it was a definite hit or miss. The carburetors are about 50/50 if they even run, I've ran into one recently for an Echo PAS-230 where it was really not possible to properly adjust, even with a tachometer in the other hand, the tolerances were so far off from what could be considered functional. Also a fuel line grommet for my own Echo SRM-210 that lasted under a year before it started leaking (even with ethanol free premix). But, on the other hand, how can you mess up a cellulose air filter?
At my work, I only mess with genuine Stihl parts for customers equipment. New carbs go on without need for adjustment, no ignition coils that die after 1 hour, etc. Seems to be cost/benefit.
Is it worth it to you to pay up for the OEM stihl/echo/honda "maintenance kits" sometimes 4x the cost?