Stihl MS 260 Review

“Progressed from old 026's which were excellent. Bought...”

Written on: 24/06/2008

Good Points
Makes a good door stop

Bad Points
Erratic oil feed, erratic jetting, keeps cutting out, pipe from crankcase comes adrift (very hard to see), weak engine mounts that fail too easily and then had problems getting replacements as the wrong part number was in the catalogue. Difficult starting

General Comments
Progressed from old 026's which were excellent. Bought this new and have found it the biggest pile of rubbish i have ever owned. Own a jonsered and a husqvarna which are both 25+ years old and find them more reliable. It has now packed in again with a fueling problem and can't be bothered to look at it again. Will never buy a stihl again as friends are having various stihl problems too