First let me say I am new to the site and new to PRO saw. I have been researching for about 6 months and have visited "Arboristsite"many times to help me pick the saw that I wanted. Thank you to all the forum members for posting such helpful info. This is not my first saw but is is my first NEW saw and I wanted to invest in a good one this time.
My concern/question:
Before I started the saw I took the clutch cover off to do some inspection and observation, greased the bearing, checked chain tension inspected the air filter yada yada... right after that I ran the saw to "set" the Autotune. I had it buried in some big logs for a good 5-7 minutes right after the first startup (temp was about 45 F). Then I took it out to start doing what i got the saw for. Clearing wide (for a truck) trails in my new 20 acres of woods and feeding my small basement fireplace. I ran just under one tank before it got dark. a few day later (today) I decided that I wanted to dump the gas out of the saw ( the dealer put it in) because I new I wasn't going to run it for another week or two with whats going on and I wanted to put fresh gas in with MY oil mixture the next time I ran it.
I proceeded to dump it out. then I pumped the priming ball to start the saw because I wanted to run it out of the "carb" as wall. The saw started just fine. When it began to idle the RPM's went up higher than what i remembered form the first time. I took off the chain brake and the chain started running kinda fast. I was surprised a little but let it go for a second. I assumed the RPM's were higher than normal because it was colder ( 16 F) and it was probably leaning out form running low on gas. I put the brake back on to stop the chain and let it idle some more ( still high). I took the brake off and again the chain let loose. after that I shut it off. from the time I started it to the time I shut it off was probably just over a minute. I looked at the priming ball and it still had gas in it.
Is is normal for the chain/saw to do this in these circumstances? The saw did not do this at all the first time I ran it and my pervious saws (cheap big box store saws) never did this.
Thanks for the help.
My concern/question:
Before I started the saw I took the clutch cover off to do some inspection and observation, greased the bearing, checked chain tension inspected the air filter yada yada... right after that I ran the saw to "set" the Autotune. I had it buried in some big logs for a good 5-7 minutes right after the first startup (temp was about 45 F). Then I took it out to start doing what i got the saw for. Clearing wide (for a truck) trails in my new 20 acres of woods and feeding my small basement fireplace. I ran just under one tank before it got dark. a few day later (today) I decided that I wanted to dump the gas out of the saw ( the dealer put it in) because I new I wasn't going to run it for another week or two with whats going on and I wanted to put fresh gas in with MY oil mixture the next time I ran it.
I proceeded to dump it out. then I pumped the priming ball to start the saw because I wanted to run it out of the "carb" as wall. The saw started just fine. When it began to idle the RPM's went up higher than what i remembered form the first time. I took off the chain brake and the chain started running kinda fast. I was surprised a little but let it go for a second. I assumed the RPM's were higher than normal because it was colder ( 16 F) and it was probably leaning out form running low on gas. I put the brake back on to stop the chain and let it idle some more ( still high). I took the brake off and again the chain let loose. after that I shut it off. from the time I started it to the time I shut it off was probably just over a minute. I looked at the priming ball and it still had gas in it.
Is is normal for the chain/saw to do this in these circumstances? The saw did not do this at all the first time I ran it and my pervious saws (cheap big box store saws) never did this.
Thanks for the help.
