OK, I have one of those cheap throw away saws that I got at a very cheap price. I know the story of you get what you pay for and all that so please take it easy on the tongue lashings guys.
The saw is the highly touted Poulan Wild Thing with a Walbro WT324 carb in it. The saw seems to be flooding itself out very quickly; a few pulls and there is no chance of it starting, no choke at all. Pull the plug and it’s wet; clean up the plug and pull the cover and air filter off and let things dry out a bit and it will usually fire up. Basically have to have the throttle going the whole time though to keep it running; let it idle for a moment and it dies and we’re back to a flooded saw.
Is this just screaming for a carb kit and a good cleaning? Could it be caused by weak spark?
I might have missed a guess, but here are the ones that I noted:
JerkinLips – March 27th, then April 7th
Brianf. – March 28th
Bobberwatcher – April….
MikeG3Boat – April 10th
SkunkedAgain – early April, then April 21st
Definitely a tough year for guesses, as it seemed to be a no-brainer early ice out. Then it got cold and snowed again.
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OK, I have one of those cheap throw away saws that I got at a very cheap price. I know the story of you get what you pay for and all that so please take it easy on the tongue lashings guys.
The saw is the highly touted Poulan Wild Thing with a Walbro WT324 carb in it. The saw seems to be flooding itself out very quickly; a few pulls and there is no chance of it starting, no choke at all. Pull the plug and it’s wet; clean up the plug and pull the cover and air filter off and let things dry out a bit and it will usually fire up. Basically have to have the throttle going the whole time though to keep it running; let it idle for a moment and it dies and we’re back to a flooded saw.
Is this just screaming for a carb kit and a good cleaning? Could it be caused by weak spark?
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