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Need to reassemble and change some gas lines. Unit would start but not stay running

Asked by Alex on 04/21/2008 3  Answers

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Alex posted an answer 16 years, 7 months ago

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Mary posted an answer 16 years, 5 months ago

0 I have had many of them and usually get problems like yours fixed. I'm definitely not a mechanical type, but that's kind of why I love this brand, I think they're so well designed that even an idiot like me can fix them. The first thing to do is make sure that you do let it warm up for 30 seconds at full speed, and most models will automatically self-move the choke in halfway, again, don't know your model, but if the saw doesn't do that then don't do it manually either until after the 30 seconds. Next most likely is the idle, and most of mine have a sunken slotted screw, probably by the gas tank and it may have a T to mark it, once the thing is idling try to catch it before it dies and turn that screw clockwise, likely you'll want to do that a quarter to a half turn for your initial try and then you can tell by ear if it's going smoothly and if it doesn't die after you start using it that's what it was. Other possibilities - some Poulan's have foam air filters, others have different types, but I have many times found mine all gummed up, and with the foam rubber ones, they're just like sponges, so I wash those out in very hot soapy water and allow them to dry well and pop back in. Others are of a fibrous material, and I kind of cheat and get little packets of that stuff you use for oddball types of insulation, not even sure what it's made of but looks kind of like approx. 4"x8" sheets of white fibreglass (but isn't, it's cloth) and cut those using the old filter as a pattern. Last thing is CLEAN fuel. Pour out the glass then strain it (I use a coneshaped coffee filter in my funnel to pour it back in later and strain out any particulate matter), then the fuel filter is easy pull out, some you can blow out toe clean if nec.
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Mary posted an answer 16 years, 5 months ago

0 I have had many of them and usually get problems like yours fixed. I'm definitely not a mechanical type, but that's kind of why I love this brand, I think they're so well designed that even an idiot like me can fix them. The first thing to do is make sure that you do let it warm up for 30 seconds at full speed, and most models will automatically self-move the choke in halfway, again, don't know your model, but if the saw doesn't do that then don't do it manually either until after the 30 seconds. Next most likely is the idle, and most of mine have a sunken slotted screw, probably by the gas tank and it may have a T to mark it, once the thing is idling try to catch it before it dies and turn that screw clockwise, likely you'll want to do that a quarter to a half turn for your initial try and then you can tell by ear if it's going smoothly and if it doesn't die after you start using it that's what it was. Other possibilities - some Poulan's have foam air filters, others have different types, but I have many times found mine all gummed up, and with the foam rubber ones, they're just like sponges, so I wash those out in very hot soapy water and allow them to dry well and pop back in. Others are of a fibrous material, and I kind of cheat and get little packets of that stuff you use for oddball types of insulation, not even sure what it's made of but looks kind of like approx. 4"x8" sheets of white fibreglass (but isn't, it's cloth) and cut those using the old filter as a pattern. Last thing is CLEAN fuel. Pour out the glass then strain it (I use a coneshaped coffee filter in my funnel to pour it back in later and strain out any particulate matter), then the fuel filter is easy pull out, some you can blow out toe clean if nec.
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