We've had a bunch of high-wind storm events this Spring, and I've been busy sawing away with my Dolmar family. The PS 6100 with a 24" bar was working through this large Maple:
I was stretching the reach of the 24" bar by walking down each side and following with wedges. Worked, but both saw and I had a pretty good sweat going in no time. I had finished all the cross-cuts, and my Son-in-Law who was splitting asked me to noodle a few of the bigger ones to save his back. I was half-way through one when my saw stalled out like it was out of fuel. I trudged up the hill to my truck and filled it up. I could not get any fuel into the purge bubble, but was able to start it, but as soon as I laid it into wood and pulled the trigger it would stall out. I guessed a fuel problem, dumped the precious 93 Octane 50:1 and fished out the fuel filter to see if it might be obviously blocked. Well, the problem was more apparent than that. The pick-up line along with the filter was just laying there:
I guessed the line had "fallen" off a fitting, and tried to spot it inside the tank. What I thought was a fitting, was too far for fingers, or even any of my needle nosed pliers. So, I rolled down to my local Chainsaw shop. The owner/operator has gotten himself more interested in custom milling, but he is a decent guy and showed me a secret drawer of hemostats for just such a job. But, he declared the hose was not just disconnected, but broken/torn/whatever off and asked me how I did it. Well, not sure he believed me, but it happened while sawing, not while probing the inside of the tank (which I never did before last night when I found it laying there). Whatever caused the disconnection; weakened rubber, ethanol, mfg error, design escape, it failed before I shoved a finger in there. Just curious if anyone has had any similar problem with fuel line in the tank of a 6100? I only use very fresh fuel, but do use a premium ethanol with posted up to 10% ethanol on the pump. I looked at a couple parts breakdowns, and frankly couldn't quite convince myself I had found the right part(s).
I was stretching the reach of the 24" bar by walking down each side and following with wedges. Worked, but both saw and I had a pretty good sweat going in no time. I had finished all the cross-cuts, and my Son-in-Law who was splitting asked me to noodle a few of the bigger ones to save his back. I was half-way through one when my saw stalled out like it was out of fuel. I trudged up the hill to my truck and filled it up. I could not get any fuel into the purge bubble, but was able to start it, but as soon as I laid it into wood and pulled the trigger it would stall out. I guessed a fuel problem, dumped the precious 93 Octane 50:1 and fished out the fuel filter to see if it might be obviously blocked. Well, the problem was more apparent than that. The pick-up line along with the filter was just laying there:
I guessed the line had "fallen" off a fitting, and tried to spot it inside the tank. What I thought was a fitting, was too far for fingers, or even any of my needle nosed pliers. So, I rolled down to my local Chainsaw shop. The owner/operator has gotten himself more interested in custom milling, but he is a decent guy and showed me a secret drawer of hemostats for just such a job. But, he declared the hose was not just disconnected, but broken/torn/whatever off and asked me how I did it. Well, not sure he believed me, but it happened while sawing, not while probing the inside of the tank (which I never did before last night when I found it laying there). Whatever caused the disconnection; weakened rubber, ethanol, mfg error, design escape, it failed before I shoved a finger in there. Just curious if anyone has had any similar problem with fuel line in the tank of a 6100? I only use very fresh fuel, but do use a premium ethanol with posted up to 10% ethanol on the pump. I looked at a couple parts breakdowns, and frankly couldn't quite convince myself I had found the right part(s).