MountainHigh
Selective Tree whacker
My new 261 c-m, with only a few tanks through it, was run dry on idle and drained after last use. Pulled it out to do some yard cleanup yesterday and filled about 1/4 tank of 3 month old non-ethanol 40/1 mix - Same non-ethanol mix that is running fine in my 562xp. 261 c-m started after 12 pulls, ran rough, then quit in the cut.
After many pulls and no restart, I dumped the gas and put in 50/1 Premix. Pulled plug and it was a little wet but not bad. (Pulling the plug entails first removing annoying rubber dam held by 2 screws - WTF). Only way it would start was with toe depressing throttle and pulled a few dozen times (grrrrrr!). Sputtered, coughed and then ran lean, lean lean - REAL LEAN! NO burble out of the cut, just a HOWLING, screaming banshee! A little worried this thing is going to burn up. Is the carb so slow to adjust on this saw or is there a fault here?
I wrote the reset procedure down somewhere but lost it. Any feedback on this little piggy?
Any way around not having a purge bulb to get fuel to the carb faster on previously drained cold starts?
My arm does not like having to pull 15 times to get this thing running.
Yes, I know the saw start routine as per the manual, says to place lever in start position (only possible after first holding trigger open simultaneously) and then pull it over until it starts (or in my case, until arm gets sore and the swearing begins)
After many pulls and no restart, I dumped the gas and put in 50/1 Premix. Pulled plug and it was a little wet but not bad. (Pulling the plug entails first removing annoying rubber dam held by 2 screws - WTF). Only way it would start was with toe depressing throttle and pulled a few dozen times (grrrrrr!). Sputtered, coughed and then ran lean, lean lean - REAL LEAN! NO burble out of the cut, just a HOWLING, screaming banshee! A little worried this thing is going to burn up. Is the carb so slow to adjust on this saw or is there a fault here?
I wrote the reset procedure down somewhere but lost it. Any feedback on this little piggy?
Any way around not having a purge bulb to get fuel to the carb faster on previously drained cold starts?
My arm does not like having to pull 15 times to get this thing running.
Yes, I know the saw start routine as per the manual, says to place lever in start position (only possible after first holding trigger open simultaneously) and then pull it over until it starts (or in my case, until arm gets sore and the swearing begins)