Crane
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Last week was hot. Mid 60's at night, mid 90's during the day. High of 96* several days in a row.
When hot, (saw and weather) my saw starts and blurbs out, starts/blurbs....four or five times. Tickle the throttle and soon it takes off. Not so much a big deal, except that I start and stop my saw every two logs, or twelve cuts.
The dealer I use is thirty miles away and this weekend I was by there and stopped in.
I had seen a youtube video of a guy trouble shooting a saw with similar issues. He found after checking the basics, that compression was about 150 psi (cold), which is what it should be. He later found compression dropped to less than 105 psi when hot. My saw is about eight years old.
So I mentioned this to the mechanic.
He said, without seeing my saw as I did not have it with me, that when it hard starts, pull the choke out, push the choke in, and then start as this sets the high idle mode.
Today was not hot enough to for the hard start issue.
But I'll be trying it soon enough, I'm sure.
I'm also beginning to look at new saw options if that doesn't work.
When hot, (saw and weather) my saw starts and blurbs out, starts/blurbs....four or five times. Tickle the throttle and soon it takes off. Not so much a big deal, except that I start and stop my saw every two logs, or twelve cuts.
The dealer I use is thirty miles away and this weekend I was by there and stopped in.
I had seen a youtube video of a guy trouble shooting a saw with similar issues. He found after checking the basics, that compression was about 150 psi (cold), which is what it should be. He later found compression dropped to less than 105 psi when hot. My saw is about eight years old.
So I mentioned this to the mechanic.
He said, without seeing my saw as I did not have it with me, that when it hard starts, pull the choke out, push the choke in, and then start as this sets the high idle mode.
Today was not hot enough to for the hard start issue.
But I'll be trying it soon enough, I'm sure.
I'm also beginning to look at new saw options if that doesn't work.