261c problems

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Sumabitch! Used my 261C-M briefly this afternoon. Made a few cuts with it, turned it off, about 1 minute later went to start it up again and it wouldn't. Seems to be flooded, but I didn't think you could flood an M-tronic saw. Anyway, gonna have to try to fire it up this evening and see it'll start, or if its gonna get a trip back to the dealer next week...
 
Well, at least I have good news! While I had mine apart, I checked the spark on my plug. Very sketchy spark. Like some pulls, no spark at all, others lots of spark, and others just intermittent spark. Let the saw sit for a couple of hours, and put in a new plug. Fired up first pull. Figured I'd do a reset while I was at it. Seems to be running great now. I've had spotty issues with this saw since I got it last year. I wonder if the plug has been the culprit all along. It's the factory original plug. I have less than 10 tanks through this saw. I know a spark plug is supposed to have a 100 hour service life, but I don't think I've ever run one in a saw half that long before I replaced it.

I have every confidence in the M-tronic system, Keith. I've found that the few issues that I've had with my new saws have had nothing to do with the chip, just the usual saw stuff.
 
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