Good work pal...investigating like Sherlock Holmes!

I had a 290 Stihl that lost part of the muffler- little rectangular flat piece that went back into the cylinder. Heard a strange rattle for a bit, but it ran fine. Then tried to start it, locked up tight. Gave it a shake and then it pulled over. Took the muffler off and fished it out of the cylinder- somehow no bore or piston damage. A year later, a friend was running his 290 and I heard the very same noise. Had him shut it off, fished the same piece out of the muffler, hadn’t made it into the cylinder yet.

Another excellent video. Thank you. 🙂

Wow, great diagnosis. I have worked in quality control before. This is one of those unicorn things that happens. Nice "dream job" find, lol.

Good grief! I agree on the 1 in 5000 analysis for sure! Good work and thanks for sharing!!

Great job, you deserve a raise after that one. Thanks for letting us along for the ride. Pls let us know what they find out. Take care.

Awesome clip! Using a T540XP Mark I, this definitely makes me want to hold on to that one as long as possible! Man it's tight beneath the hood on these.

Awesome!!!

Scott has never even seen this model before and figures out the problem before all of Husqvarna even has a clue the saw exists lol

Great video as always wow you sure had to dig into that one I'm like you just believe I was just a fluke

I remember the spat between Elux and Husky where Elux wanted to make the small Husky saws at the Poulan factory in Ohio. That brought us missing circlips in the new at the time 385xp saw...

This was really interesting. Hopefully this is a one-off and doesn't become a common manufacturing issue on this particular model. Thank you for sharing- looking forward to watching your other videos.

Very interesting. Sometimes freaky stuff happens

Buddy I just bought a mk3 to replace my mk2. I was very excited to see you tear it down I agree there are quite a few improvement. I hope you are correct with regard to the 1/5000.

Curious where these saws are built?

Good detective work Scott! I wonder what the tabs look like in other new saws. Are you going to look at your stock to see if any are loose?

Agree, assuming the piece found in the cylinder matches the boot insert. I think that's the observation you made.

Want to get one hoping kinks are out .metal inside intake ???unreal

VERY INTERESTING INSPECTION AND WHAT YOU FOUND TO BE THE ISSUE WITH THIS SAW. I AM GOING TO BUY THE NEW 540-3 SOON AND THANK YOU FOR THE VIDEO. BY THE WAY I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHERE YOU GOT YOUR INSPECTION CAMERA FROM AND HOW WELL YOU LIKE IT ? THANKS TOM

I went to the factory in Jonkoping back in 05, they had a lab we went by where the guys assembling couldn't be disturbed, someone left the door open I guess :D

That Was a Very Perplexing Issue Maybe If They Put a Couple Barbs on That Metal Tab To Lock it In In The Boot and That White Cover They Could Solve This From Ever Occurring Again 😀 Those Saws Are New Too Me Have Not Seen One Across My Bench Yet Have Worked on a Few of The Earlier Series 😀 Pretty Powerful Saws

Got a question for ya.. a friend gave me a echo 550 EVL chainsaw got it running but leaking too much bar oil when it’s running I can’t find no adjustment screw any help would be appreciated… keep up the good work Thanks... I think the saw is like 35 or so years old.

Good Morning Brother 😎😀👍🏼

Great video. I have a Husky 450 Rancher, which I have only used about 2 times ever. I was looking to actually purchase one of these to replace the 450. I want to put a 12" bar on it and keep it in my truck as an emergency saw. The 450 is just entirely too large for this task. Not knowing a lot about saws, I feel Husqvarna is the right level of duty for someone who only needs a saw in a pinch. Thoughts on getting a "pro" level husky f or a premium consumer level user who MAY crank it once a year? I don't know much about chainsaws; which is why I am asking you, as a repairman.

Thrilling Exciting 🤔😉

what have this chainsaw

good video

What do you do with saws like this? You said the customer was getting a brand new saw, so do you rebuild and resell this?

Reminds me of my experience with my Stihl FS38 trimmer. One of the 2 nuts behind the air filter worked itself loose and went into the cylinder. There is nothing really locking those nuts in place except the air filter. Bad engineering.

How did that come out in the first place I have just brought a mk3 and iam worried about this should I take it out

Ring Gap locator dowel pin dislodged…!

am sure with that piece removed and reassembled the saw would run fine for yearrs

this metal think stays on the black rubber(budd of) think to keep it .

This model came out with crankshaft stuffers?

Could this piece be removed completely? This is the second video i saw with this issue.

understand what have someone use wrong oil for mixture for gasoline and blocked the engine of this chainsaw

How do you a little competition there in Central Florida?

Ohh no here we go again? The last model the dealership stop selling because every saw came back .do to flaws??.you would think they fixed this model..I bought the mk2 version and the case or seal was leaking oil..literally 2 tanks of gas and during breaking it in Gently