blueacre
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I have an Echo CS590 with 20 inch bar I use for cutting firewood. It is just over a year old used it for 5 or 6 hours last winter when it was no and no starting issues. I only use premium no ethanol gas and I drained all the fuel and ran it till it died before I stored it in the spring of 2020. Didn’t use it again until this January to start to cut my firewood. It was real hard to start when I first got it out. Thought it was flooded so I ended up pulling the plug and cranking it over with no plug in it and then out in a new plug and got it going after quite a few pulls. It ran fine after I got it going so I headed out to cut some wood. Went through the first tank of fuel and run perfect – cut like new. I shut it off a few times to move between trees and started right up first pull. After I stopped for about 15 minutes to refuel, fill bar oil and adjust the chain tension it wouldn’t restart. Tried for about 10 minutes to start it and finally pulled the plug I had put in earlier and put the original plug back in – started second pull.
Have been using it for 3 or 4 hours a day all week and same thing happens every time. Cold start is usually 4 pull – 2 pulls with choke on and decompression button pushed in and it kicks a little on second pull– push choke in and push decompression button again and usually starts on second pull. Runs perfect once it is going. I can shut if off for a couple of minutes and restarts first pull. If I shut it down for 10 or 15 minutes, which is normally to refuel, it wont start – usually try to restart by pulling choke out and then pushing back in to set high idle – if no start after 5 or 10 pulls try a couple pulls with choke on and then choke off but still nothing – no kick from motor – decompression button never pops out the whole time. If I pull the plug and swap it for the spare one it generally will start on the first or second pull every time – no choke. When I pull the plug to swap it the plug never looks wet like they normally do when flooded.
So I now go through the same routine every startup after it has been shut down for more than a few minutes but still warm – try to start – 5 or 10 pulls – swap plug – starts first or second pull no choke. It keeps me going but sure is a nuisance.
If anybody has any ideas on what might be the problem – great saw but this problem is frustrating
Have been using it for 3 or 4 hours a day all week and same thing happens every time. Cold start is usually 4 pull – 2 pulls with choke on and decompression button pushed in and it kicks a little on second pull– push choke in and push decompression button again and usually starts on second pull. Runs perfect once it is going. I can shut if off for a couple of minutes and restarts first pull. If I shut it down for 10 or 15 minutes, which is normally to refuel, it wont start – usually try to restart by pulling choke out and then pushing back in to set high idle – if no start after 5 or 10 pulls try a couple pulls with choke on and then choke off but still nothing – no kick from motor – decompression button never pops out the whole time. If I pull the plug and swap it for the spare one it generally will start on the first or second pull every time – no choke. When I pull the plug to swap it the plug never looks wet like they normally do when flooded.
So I now go through the same routine every startup after it has been shut down for more than a few minutes but still warm – try to start – 5 or 10 pulls – swap plug – starts first or second pull no choke. It keeps me going but sure is a nuisance.
If anybody has any ideas on what might be the problem – great saw but this problem is frustrating