catamount
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Hi, All - new to the forum, but been lurking here a while. Bought an 032AV off ebay. Seller claimed carb was rebuilt at a Stihl shop but still ran rough. Claimed shop told him it needed points. I didn't think this saw had points (based on info I found here) and it doesn't appear to (no access holes in flywheel). Got it to start after dozens of pulls and a liberal shot of starting fluid in carb. It will idle at a very fast idle, but adjusting the idle down doesn't do much other than kill it. It bogs and dies when I try to rev it and adjusting the high speed screw hasn't helped. I took the saw apart and found that the fuel filter looks brand-new, the fuel line is in good shape, as is the impulse tube and the carb boot. The carb is very clean-looking and has shiny new black plastic parts on it, so it appears that something was done to it. Compression is okay based on picking it up by the starter rope, and obviously it has spark and plug looks new. The piston looks good as seen through the exhaust port, but the port itself and inside the muffler have hard, black carbon deposits in them (but not built up to the point of blocking anything off). There is also carbon around the spark plug hole and the plug gets fouled with oily, black deposits (almost like creosote). I haven't touched the carb yet. Should I take it apart and clean it or what else am I missing? Thanks in advance. -Rob