Well I am not out of the woods yet.
I greased up the spark plug and checked it again. The spark plug now is fine but my gauge was still dropping. Still got a leak. So I start spraying the windex on all possible causes and I started to hear the bubbling and fizzing. The leak now is coming from these "Updated" plastic to metal hose clamps and plastic pieces on the intake side of the cylinder. In the next two pics show its location.
My hypothesis is that this is where the plastic clamp that is under the metal clamp is molded to this whole plastic intake thingy. When you screw down the clamp it is not really constricting around this area. The metal clamp is just pulling the top plastic clamping prongs closer together and that is forcing the whole intake boot downwards. That may sound clear as mud but it is the best way I can describe it. Whereas the method that I mocked up before had a metal clamp in direct contact with the rubber intake boot.
When you would tighten the clamp, it constricted around the rubber intake boot and mashed it against the intake side of the cylinder. This way you completely eliminate the plastic in between the metal clamp and the rubber intake boot. By any means I am not trying to say my idea is better or whatever. You guys know your stuff. You have been there and done that with this saw. I am just simply trying to figure out a way to eliminate all these air leaks. :msp_thumbup:
I greased up the spark plug and checked it again. The spark plug now is fine but my gauge was still dropping. Still got a leak. So I start spraying the windex on all possible causes and I started to hear the bubbling and fizzing. The leak now is coming from these "Updated" plastic to metal hose clamps and plastic pieces on the intake side of the cylinder. In the next two pics show its location.
My hypothesis is that this is where the plastic clamp that is under the metal clamp is molded to this whole plastic intake thingy. When you screw down the clamp it is not really constricting around this area. The metal clamp is just pulling the top plastic clamping prongs closer together and that is forcing the whole intake boot downwards. That may sound clear as mud but it is the best way I can describe it. Whereas the method that I mocked up before had a metal clamp in direct contact with the rubber intake boot.
When you would tighten the clamp, it constricted around the rubber intake boot and mashed it against the intake side of the cylinder. This way you completely eliminate the plastic in between the metal clamp and the rubber intake boot. By any means I am not trying to say my idea is better or whatever. You guys know your stuff. You have been there and done that with this saw. I am just simply trying to figure out a way to eliminate all these air leaks. :msp_thumbup: