The injection system on the 500i and ts500 don't need recalibration. Sure, doing those 5 big cuts speeds it up, but that's all it does, it's not a requirement and you won't lean out the saw if you cut in the summer at 100 degrees F, shut it off, turn it on in the winter and 10 degrees and let it rip (after warming up of course). It constantly recalibrates, and it's faster than how the autotune system does it. What I did notice that help is letting it idle for a minute or two when doing a cold start, it seems to run perfectly from the first cut that way.

A dealer can recalibrate the saw with the Stihl diagnostics tool. But that is mainly for diagnostics purposes. If the saw fails to calibrate it gives back an error code. Otherwise it is just as your dealer said. Just use it! The saw permanently calibrates itself at use.

first one lasted 60 seconds. factory defect. (fuel flooding issue). second one had hot start, elevation start issues 2 weeks in. 9 months in with patience i absolutely love it. up to 3' trees my go to bigger than my ol 660 comes in. 461's been on a rack. thanks for the video got mods coming. have no idea where my useless manual is

Your dealer is correct. Run it like you stole it. No different than an extreme temp or altitude change. In a few cuts it will acclimate to the changes. The only time it is recommended to recalibrate the 500i is when one of the electrical components is replaced. It has to be hooked up to the Stihl diagnostic kit (MDG1) to initiate a recalibration. It is the only MTronic saw that doesn't allow a field reset or calibration.

Best way to calibrate a 500 is get yourself a 661 and never look back

Thanks for the info.

Hey buddy question for you watching this video I see you have a bunch of Axe heads. I got about 6 axes recently made for me and I want to put linseed boiled linseed oil on them do you know how often I should do that and how many times at the start thank you so much

I have a 500i I guess the high price pays off in situations like yours, an incredible saw full of technology and so simple to run. And they're a beauty of a saw.. I'm thrilled with mine. 👍🏻

Great video. Nice shop. Verified owner/operator who uses the saw daily and has refered to the owners manual....

It doesn't need anything. Just run it!

In my 42 years of cutting wood, by far the best saw I've ever had. Got two of them.

Terrific, straight forward video.

thank you for my family's and my freedom brother . i want to get these mods for ours. just got her and only played with it for a little bit.

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Nice👏🙋🇷🇴

Did you end up having to trim your cylinder shroud for the max flow cover?

How do I fix mine it cuts just fine but as soon as you let it down to idle it’ll last about 5 seconds and die completely stock air filters clean

Thank you for your service sir. Good info. Liked and Subscribed.

Did you notice much difference between the stock one to the filter and muffler mods one

Run it for us!