It seems to me that the ethanol mix gas goes bad way faster. In days compared go months for the non-ethanol stuff.
I end up with ethanol gas in my dual sport bike and if it sits for a few days it is a bear to start unless I drain the bowl and get fresh gas into the carb. Then it fires right up. I mix Poulan synyhetic 2 stroke oil with non-ethanol gas and it can sit in my chainsaw untouched for months at a time and it always starts easily and runs fine. Odd how some folks have trouble and some don't. Must be environmental to a point as well. Mike On Aug 4, 2013 9:16 AM, "Scott Ritchey" <ritche...@nc.rr.com> wrote: > > Stale gasoline is the number 1 cause of problems for small engines. This > problem is worse for 2-cycle engines. The new gas is worse than the stuff > 30 years ago. A can of fresh gas mix is way cheaper than fixing or > replacing these things. Also agitate the fuel mix in the can and in the > tool before yoy start it. When in doubt, throw the old gas out. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Mercedes [mailto:mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com] On Behalf Of Rich > Thomas > Sent: Saturday, August 03, 2013 8:07 PM > To: Mercedes Discussion List > Subject: Re: [MBZ] Chainsaws > > Is that the orange one? I have one of those, the safety clutch mechanism > broke on the first one I had so thy gave me a new one. Once I get it going > it runs ok but is hard to start even with the compression relief. Starts > better when it is hot, from cold takes a lot of pulls and nursing it. It > is > fairly powerful and cuts well but is just a PITA to get going. > > You might need to adjust the idle and full screws to get the mix right. > That's the two little screws on the carb. > > --R (sent from my miniPad) > > On Aug 3, 2013, at 7:52 PM, "Kaleb C. Striplin" <ka...@striplin.net> > wrote: > > So a couple of months ago I bought a brand new Poulan chain saw at > lowes. > I used it to cut down a couple of small dead trees. Right out of the box it > ran like crap, hard to start etc. I figured it was because maybe the gas > was a little old I used. So today I needed to use it to cut up a huge tree > that fell down last week and took out part of my fence and storage > buidling. > USAA is sending me a check for 2k for the damages but I am not going to pay > somebody to cut it up so i started on it today. Anyway so I get started on > it, for good measure used brand new fresh gas with oil mixed, seemed to > start better for a while, but was not too long before the damn thing would > run for a bit, then die, and be very hard to start. I finally got fed up > with it and quit. This is about the same with the last couple of weed > eaters I have bought, all seem to be hard to start and take a while to get > them running without them dying. Can they not produce quality stuff right > out of the box? I assume it probably needs a simple adjustment of the carb > or something. > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
