254XP won't start

[C@TCH]

hi, new guy here.
This is one of 2 saws I inherited, it was working fine then last time I was cutting some firewood it ran good for about an hour. Then it died and couldn't get it started again. Spark is good. If I spray a bit of gas into carb it starts and dies within seconds.
What can be the problem, what can I check.

 

[cobey]

Fuel line and carb kit

 

[o8f150]

fill it with fuel

 

[pantelis]

hi, new guy here.
This is one of 2 saws I inherited, it was working fine then last time I was cutting some firewood it ran good for about an hour. Then it died and couldn't get it started again. Spark is good. If I spray a bit of gas into carb it starts and dies within seconds.
What can be the problem, what can I check.

when it died imediately check if you have spark , i mean when the machine is hot , if not you go for coil , if yes check for other problems

 

[C@TCH]

fill it with fuel

Haha your funny.

 

[C@TCH]

when it died imediately check if you have spark , i mean when the machine is hot , if not you go for coil , if yes check for other problems

I'm going to get a carb kit,their not expensive and it probably never had any work done it so it won't hurt.

 

[pantelis]

I'm going to get a carb kit,their not expensive and it probably never had any work done it so it won't hurt.

you know better

 

[C@TCH]

I installed a carb kit,cleaned everything up and still no go
I am borrowing a compression tester this weekend, any ideas or tips on what else I can do.
I hate to get rid of this saw,it seems like it was a good one.

 

[Oleo-Mac 999]

May be the carburetor poorly tuned.
Or there may be another mysterious problem.

 

[Jon1212]

Air leak would be my guess. Pull the muffler off, and take a peek at the piston, and cylinder.

 

[Gypo Logger]

You could also check that the impulse channel isn't plugged.
Try seating the high idle and open H&L at least one turn or more.
Introduce some gas thru the intake or plug hole with the choke on and see if it will run.

 

[sunfish]

Air leak would be my guess. Pull the muffler off, and take a peek at the piston, and cylinder.

^^^ First thing I'd have done^^^

 

[Gypo Logger]

I installed a carb kit,cleaned everything up and still no go
I am borrowing a compression tester this weekend, any ideas or tips on what else I can do.
I hate to get rid of this saw,it seems like it was a good one.

Where's Manotick Ont?

 

[Jon1212]

^^^ First thing I'd have done^^^

Same.

 

[Jon1212]

Where's Manotick Ont?

Canuckistan

 

[Gypo Logger]

^^^ First thing I'd have done^^^

Very true. Also I've seen spark arrestors on 2 strokes so cloogged that the motor wont run.

 

[Gypo Logger]

Canuckistan

Me Google.

 

[Jon1212]

Me Google.

Tell me aboot it, eh?

 

[Gypo Logger]

It turns out that Manotick is not far from Ottawa, our Canadian capital city. Sorta like Washington DC is thecapital of the USA.

 

[Gypo Logger]

Tell me aboot it, eh?

Manotick is also close to Woodtick Ont.