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[trooney]

Was out cutting with my Rattlered 346 and all of a sudden she cut off. Couldnt get her started. All kinds of things were going through my mind..coil, ground wire, even thought about the piston(though I checked the plug last week and it was burning fine). Took it to the garage, it had spark, so I messed around with it and got it to fire up but it ran like *s-word. First thing that went through my mind is I sheared a flywheel key. Started to take her apart when the thought came to me it could be the spark plug too, getting spark but erratic spark. Thought I ought to check that first.
Put it all together and changed spark plugs. Now NGK has been my plug of choice ever since I got into a bad batch of Boschs'. However, I had some BOschs' laying around that somebody gave me and I put it in the saw. She fired up nice and pretty and throttled up just fine. Now I've cut my share of wood and this is the first time this has happened to me. Probably not the last. Its funny how when something goes wrong with a saw I'm always looking for something wrong with the internals of the saw, not something like a spark plug. I posted this because to the newbie, a saw can be quite challenging when you are trying to figure out what is going on with the saw. It might be something simple however, so start with the basics and then get deeper into the saw. Its all a learning experience.

 

[Catman]

Was out cutting with my Rattlered 346 and all of a sudden she cut off. Couldnt get her started. All kinds of things were going through my mind..coil, ground wire, even thought about the piston(though I checked the plug last week and it was burning fine). Took it to the garage, it had spark, so I messed around with it and got it to fire up but it ran like *s-word. First thing that went through my mind is I sheared a flywheel key. Started to take her apart when the thought came to me it could be the spark plug too, getting spark but erratic spark. Thought I ought to check that first.
Put it all together and changed spark plugs. Now NGK has been my plug of choice ever since I got into a bad batch of Boschs'. However, I had some BOschs' laying around that somebody gave me and I put it in the saw. She fired up nice and pretty and throttled up just fine. Now I've cut my share of wood and this is the first time this has happened to me. Probably not the last. Its funny how when something goes wrong with a saw I'm always looking for something wrong with the internals of the saw, not something like a spark plug. I posted this because to the newbie, a saw can be quite challenging when you are trying to figure out what is going on with the saw. It might be something simple however, so start with the basics and then get deeper into the saw. Its all a learning experience.

Great Advice right there!!

 

[Stump Shot]

Sad that you can't trust this once great brand any longer. Globalization and profits won out over quality.

 

[Simondo]

Was out cutting with my Rattlered 346 and all of a sudden she cut off. Couldnt get her started. All kinds of things were going through my mind..coil, ground wire, even thought about the piston(though I checked the plug last week and it was burning fine). Took it to the garage, it had spark, so I messed around with it and got it to fire up but it ran like *s-word. First thing that went through my mind is I sheared a flywheel key. Started to take her apart when the thought came to me it could be the spark plug too, getting spark but erratic spark. Thought I ought to check that first.
Put it all together and changed spark plugs. Now NGK has been my plug of choice ever since I got into a bad batch of Boschs'. However, I had some BOschs' laying around that somebody gave me and I put it in the saw. She fired up nice and pretty and throttled up just fine. Now I've cut my share of wood and this is the first time this has happened to me. Probably not the last. Its funny how when something goes wrong with a saw I'm always looking for something wrong with the internals of the saw, not something like a spark plug. I posted this because to the newbie, a saw can be quite challenging when you are trying to figure out what is going on with the saw. It might be something simple however, so start with the basics and then get deeper into the saw. Its all a learning experience.

How old do you think the faulty plug was ?

 

[trooney]

Probably a year..

 

[trooney]

Probably about 4 tanks worth....

 

[Wolverine]

A certain Hack has me hooked on Denso. So far so good. Glad it was just a plug.

 

[cus_deluxe]

Sad that you can't trust this once great brand any longer. Globalization and profits won out over quality.

i bought 5 ngks recently, had a 395 i was cleaning up for a guy, put a new plug in it, no spark. put another in it, no spark. third one worked.

 

[TreeLife]

People laugh at me when I put champions in my truck...

 

[huskihl]

Champion seems to fail about 5 times more often. But people forget that there are probably 5 times more Champions out there. I bet failure rates between brands are quite similar

 

[bigbadbob]

Was out cutting with my Rattlered 346 and all of a sudden she cut off. Couldnt get her started. All kinds of things were going through my mind..coil, ground wire, even thought about the piston(though I checked the plug last week and it was burning fine). Took it to the garage, it had spark, so I messed around with it and got it to fire up but it ran like *s-word. First thing that went through my mind is I sheared a flywheel key. Started to take her apart when the thought came to me it could be the spark plug too, getting spark but erratic spark. Thought I ought to check that first.
Put it all together and changed spark plugs. Now NGK has been my plug of choice ever since I got into a bad batch of Boschs'. However, I had some BOschs' laying around that somebody gave me and I put it in the saw. She fired up nice and pretty and throttled up just fine. Now I've cut my share of wood and this is the first time this has happened to me. Probably not the last. Its funny how when something goes wrong with a saw I'm always looking for something wrong with the internals of the saw, not something like a spark plug. I posted this because to the newbie, a saw can be quite challenging when you are trying to figure out what is going on with the saw. It might be something simple however, so start with the basics and then get deeper into the saw. Its all a learning experience.

Ha two bad NGK one in ma saw one in my ATV

 

[Duane(Pa)]

Gotta ask, where were these plugs made? Doubt it says 0n the plug, but the box might have it on.

 

[longleaf]

I was cutting one day an my saw shut off dead as a door nail. Wouldn’t even try to crank. Finally after a lot of pulling and cussing I pulled the plug. There was a hair thin piece of what I assume was carbon stuck between the poles. I blew it out and it ran like before. Never had that happen before.

 

[Chainganger]

What is the Denso number?

A certain Hack has me hooked on Denso. So far so good. Glad it was just a plug.

 

[Stump Shot]

These were replaced with new NGK, not a problem one.
All rebuilt saws leave with a fresh NGK plug in them.
Oregon makes a great replacement plug as well.

 

[cus_deluxe]

after i had an issue with those, i sold all my ngks amd bought these. theyre way more bad-ass. especially when you take out the decomp and put another one in there.
feel the powaaaaaa!!!!!

 

[~WBF]

Champion seems to fail about 5 times more often. But people forget that there are probably 5 times more Champions out there. I bet failure rates between brands are quite similar

Yep.
I remember some years back and we broke down in the contractors new Chev. The Tow truck driver said he had towed lots of new Chevy's as well Ford trucks that year but not one single Toyota Tundra?
Well Everyone had a new truck in the north BC & Alberta and very few were Tundra's. They were way more money back then too.

Champion seemed to be the listed plug back in the day for cars and saws.
NGK was a high end Marine plug. Champion kinda went to crap for a while.
Looks like Husqavna is going back to them again in some of the new saws.
NGK never sessee to be more reliable than the next brand name as years moved on.

 

[heimannm]

I have only had one spark plug simply quit working reliably, an NKG in the Honda engine in my Struck Mini Dozer. I have only had positive experiences with Champion and use them all the time.

Mark

 

[Czed]

Was out cutting with my Rattlered 346 and all of a sudden she cut off. Couldnt get her started. All kinds of things were going through my mind..coil, ground wire, even thought about the piston(though I checked the plug last week and it was burning fine). Took it to the garage, it had spark, so I messed around with it and got it to fire up but it ran like *s-word. First thing that went through my mind is I sheared a flywheel key. Started to take her apart when the thought came to me it could be the spark plug too, getting spark but erratic spark. Thought I ought to check that first.
Put it all together and changed spark plugs. Now NGK has been my plug of choice ever since I got into a bad batch of Boschs'. However, I had some BOschs' laying around that somebody gave me and I put it in the saw. She fired up nice and pretty and throttled up just fine. Now I've cut my share of wood and this is the first time this has happened to me. Probably not the last. Its funny how when something goes wrong with a saw I'm always looking for something wrong with the internals of the saw, not something like a spark plug. I posted this because to the newbie, a saw can be quite challenging when you are trying to figure out what is going on with the saw. It might be something simple however, so start with the basics and then get deeper into the saw. Its all a learning experience.

I live about 20 miles from the ngk plant
In sissonsville wv.
I've had good one's but after one too many failures
I started buying the 1.50 champions
About 10 years ago
No failures yet.
Andi always hated champion lol

 

[Wolverine]

My 394 did not like champion plugs while milling.

What is the Denso number?

I’ve put a chit-ton NGK’s in motorcycles the past couple seasons, never one issue I was aware of.