Pilot
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- Joined
- Nov 20, 2004
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- Oregon
- Tractor
- JD 770, Yanmar 180D, JD 420 (not running), had a Kubota B6200
I previously posted about how hard it is to start this chainsaw when cold. Briefly, it takes about 15 to 20 pulls to get it started--and it isn't flooded.
At the Stihl shop one of the guys mumbled about a different alloy in the cylinders and how it didn't let the fuel/oil mix into the cylinders very well.
Today I talked about it with an engineer friend (the guy is brilliant, he has answers to almost any mechanical related question) who suggested squirting in some ether (starting fluid). I don't have that around but WD40 works as a starting fluid. So I pulled off the air filter, squirted in some WD40, replaced the filter, pulled about 3 times & it fired up, ran about 2-3 seconds and died. 2 or 3 more pulls & it ran fine. Some relevant info relating to what the Stihl guy said is that when it is hard to start, the first 15 or so pull, it pulls hard (no fuel/oil in the cylinder), then eases up, only starting after it eases up. With the WD40 it pulled easily from the beginning. Running just a couple seconds brought the fuel in so it started easily after that.
At the Stihl shop one of the guys mumbled about a different alloy in the cylinders and how it didn't let the fuel/oil mix into the cylinders very well.
Today I talked about it with an engineer friend (the guy is brilliant, he has answers to almost any mechanical related question) who suggested squirting in some ether (starting fluid). I don't have that around but WD40 works as a starting fluid. So I pulled off the air filter, squirted in some WD40, replaced the filter, pulled about 3 times & it fired up, ran about 2-3 seconds and died. 2 or 3 more pulls & it ran fine. Some relevant info relating to what the Stihl guy said is that when it is hard to start, the first 15 or so pull, it pulls hard (no fuel/oil in the cylinder), then eases up, only starting after it eases up. With the WD40 it pulled easily from the beginning. Running just a couple seconds brought the fuel in so it started easily after that.