Michael Kent
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Hello all my Poulan 2150 16” just died tonight.
It was always a finicky saw to get started as you had to go through the startup routine to a Tee. Brought the saw over to my fathers, it appeared the chain wasnt as sharp as I hoped. I stuggled to get through a 10” limb. The saw always seemed sluggish as if it wasnt getting emough gas and would frequently die off trigger, as well as bog until rpm was up enough. The saw seemed to loose power and rpm as I finally got through the limb. Now it wont start at all. I checked the plug assuming it would be flooded after all the pulls on full choke. The plug was dry and flat black in color. I cleaned plug and gapped to .025. It shows spark when pulled. However I cannot even get a pop from it even after a squirt of eather in cylinder!
I’m very surprised, not even a pop with ether? Come on now, even if no gas is getting to cylinder, why not even a pop and brief run? Have not ran a compression test, however it feels normal to the pull. Any ideas people?
Thanks
It was always a finicky saw to get started as you had to go through the startup routine to a Tee. Brought the saw over to my fathers, it appeared the chain wasnt as sharp as I hoped. I stuggled to get through a 10” limb. The saw always seemed sluggish as if it wasnt getting emough gas and would frequently die off trigger, as well as bog until rpm was up enough. The saw seemed to loose power and rpm as I finally got through the limb. Now it wont start at all. I checked the plug assuming it would be flooded after all the pulls on full choke. The plug was dry and flat black in color. I cleaned plug and gapped to .025. It shows spark when pulled. However I cannot even get a pop from it even after a squirt of eather in cylinder!
I’m very surprised, not even a pop with ether? Come on now, even if no gas is getting to cylinder, why not even a pop and brief run? Have not ran a compression test, however it feels normal to the pull. Any ideas people?
Thanks