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Haha yeah that was a tough pill to swallow. As someone that pays his mortgage fixing engines this was very humbling. I took a saw that started right up and got it to the point that i can only start it with the air filter off. Life lessons for sure.

Got the saw started today. Thanks everyone for the help. Guy i work with that used to work for a tree service and got it started by playing with the throttle while cranking. Any further advice on what it would take to make the saw start easier? I followed the advice i had read about setting the...

Is the baseline one full turn out with the limiting tabs removed?

Thanks for the welcome. Im assuming that i have no limiting screws. There's an awful lot of adjustment available. Something like 5-6 full turns. You're saying that i should screw the adjustment screws all the way in(clockwise) then back out 1 full turn each? What about the idle screw? And just...

Hi all. Im new here. Just bought a used stihl ms290. Started it before i bought it and it started right up. Started it the next day and it fired right up. Once it was running i played with the carb adjustments until I got it running to what i thought was good. Shut it off and went to restart it...