MichiganMadMan
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So a friend of mine had a pair of Ash trees that were "standing" but had died from the Emerald Ash Borer, one split a limb off and it ended up in a pretty big road at the edge of his property. He asked me to give him a hand before the county "helped" him out, so I grabbed the saws and headed out. I mixed up fresh premium gas and oil on the way to his house (used the Jonsered oil for warranty purposes).
I used the 2139t to top what was left and limb them out a little so they would surely fall away from the road (which they did).
I went to clean up the saw last night and noticed the flywheel was moving when I hit it with the blow-gun. I expected it to stop at some point but it went a lot further than I though it should.
I grabbed the flywheel by hand, and I can spin the engine around completely with almost no resistance. I took most of the plastic off to see if there was anything obvious wrong, but couldn't find anything. I don't hear anything that sounds like kibbles 'n bits moving around inside the engine. If I had to speculate, it sounds like the reed valves aren't touching and the air is escaping back through them as the piston comes down but I don't have anything to back that up yet. I am hesitant to fire it up again in case it really is hurt badly and I make it worse.
Notes: I used the same fuel can for all the saws that I ran that day, so I know I didn't straight gas it. The 2188 was working great, and the other one was an ancient Dayton that I had just bought and didn't run right in the first place, I eventually got it going as well as expected. It was pretty hot that day, but I wasn't running it at high load continuously. It would occasionaly quit running, but would start back up quickly, I chalked it up to being a new saw and a hot day. I also loosened all my chains when I shut the saws off so they wouldn't be pulling on the crank as they cooled.
Questions:
1. Should I look into it more, or just bundle it up and take it to the dealer?
2. Any ideas on what went wrong? Ever heard of this with these saws?
Thanks in advance,
MMM
I used the 2139t to top what was left and limb them out a little so they would surely fall away from the road (which they did).
I went to clean up the saw last night and noticed the flywheel was moving when I hit it with the blow-gun. I expected it to stop at some point but it went a lot further than I though it should.
I grabbed the flywheel by hand, and I can spin the engine around completely with almost no resistance. I took most of the plastic off to see if there was anything obvious wrong, but couldn't find anything. I don't hear anything that sounds like kibbles 'n bits moving around inside the engine. If I had to speculate, it sounds like the reed valves aren't touching and the air is escaping back through them as the piston comes down but I don't have anything to back that up yet. I am hesitant to fire it up again in case it really is hurt badly and I make it worse.
Notes: I used the same fuel can for all the saws that I ran that day, so I know I didn't straight gas it. The 2188 was working great, and the other one was an ancient Dayton that I had just bought and didn't run right in the first place, I eventually got it going as well as expected. It was pretty hot that day, but I wasn't running it at high load continuously. It would occasionaly quit running, but would start back up quickly, I chalked it up to being a new saw and a hot day. I also loosened all my chains when I shut the saws off so they wouldn't be pulling on the crank as they cooled.
Questions:
1. Should I look into it more, or just bundle it up and take it to the dealer?
2. Any ideas on what went wrong? Ever heard of this with these saws?
Thanks in advance,
MMM