I used it last week it worked fine. This morning when I got home from work I put on a new chain, gased and oiled it, and cleaned the air filter. Went out to the tree to drop and pulled and pulled. Fired once or twice. I'm all pulled out. Let it sit hooked up the tiller to the tractor acme back and it still won't f
Fire.

Going to dump the gas out into a jar and check for water in it. Just b I uughr 5 gal of aviation fuel at the saw shop it better not have water in it.

I wood pull the wire from the on off switch and see if it starts switch could be bad. I have seen it before.

No expert here but if the plug has a spark my money is fuel/carb issue. Good luck

My farm boss did the same thing, it was the coil

My stihl saws have always started for me over the years… Knock on wood

always try new gas if you have spark

the issue is water stops stuff up easy

I have a bottle that I put a little gas in , makes it easy to squirt just a touch down the plug hole or in the carb then get it to pop , when you can get some rpm running like that it can draw the new gas in better with more vaccum

Gas didn’t have any water in it but did have some fine sediment. It got dark and it was time to do chores. Figured I would take it up th the saw shop but they are closed tomorrow.

I wore out two stihl trim saws in my life. Switched to echo a few years ago for thet roll.

I still have my old 029 I bought at 18 but have not used it in years. The 361 is lighter has more power and I like the anti vibration handles.

It's probably something simple to fix it was running to well last week. Just need a trip to the shop. I may check spark tomorrow. Last year at the saw shop they were showing me a husky that was just a hair lighter than my 361 but has more power yet. I may end up buying one of those if I start having problems with this one.

Had one like that too

Ran it through a tank of fuel, shut it off and filled it up. Wouldn’t start. Took it to the shop and coil needed replaced.

I was going to buy a 362 but I think they talked me into a 400I . I'm getting old enough cutting sprouts with the 661s isn't much fun . A little saw like the 400i makes more sense it might fit on the skidder than the 461 does

My Stihl 250 has flooded out on me. The guy at the shop said to just hold the throttle wide open and keep pulling until it starts. It works.

Take the plug out, leave the wire attached and lean it against the hole and pull it over and see if it has spark. Takes 30 seconds and then you have something to work with. Good spark and it is probably a fuel issue, if you don't have good spark try a new plug, if that doesn't fix it you at least know in which direction to look.

Check the impulse line. If my memory serves me I replaced several of those at the shop. I'm almost positive I replaced one on my 361.

There's no husky that will outlast that 361. Just buy an ms362 or ms400

The 361's can be tricky to start sometimes. Set the choke and pull until it burps or fires. Sometimes it can be hard to hear this. When it does set the choke at the half position and pull it, it should start. If you pull it after the first time it fires again with the choke still on it will flood the saw bad and usually, you will have to take the plug out and dry it. With the plug out pull the trigger and pull it over several times to get the gas out of the crank case. Dry plug and then do the above steps and it should start up. The 361 saws are some of Stihls best saw they produced.