I have a 15 year old Stihl 026 chainsaw...its been a great saw and seen a good amount of use...much more than an average homeowner I would guess, but not nearly as much as a logger.
It started running badly this year so I changed the tank to fresh gas, put a new chain on it (which I usually do every 1-2 years) and cleaned out the air filter and new spark plug(which was pretty bad).
Starts up fine now, accerelates fine, but when under power it smokes like crazy and has not much power at all...can barely cut a tree without a gas mask on /forums/images/graemlins/ooo.gif
My guess is a carb adjustment...but which one? With these symptoms, is it getting to much gas, or not enough? starved for O2?...is it asking too much of a 15 year old saw, or do they pretty much run forever?
It started running badly this year so I changed the tank to fresh gas, put a new chain on it (which I usually do every 1-2 years) and cleaned out the air filter and new spark plug(which was pretty bad).
Starts up fine now, accerelates fine, but when under power it smokes like crazy and has not much power at all...can barely cut a tree without a gas mask on /forums/images/graemlins/ooo.gif
My guess is a carb adjustment...but which one? With these symptoms, is it getting to much gas, or not enough? starved for O2?...is it asking too much of a 15 year old saw, or do they pretty much run forever?