I bought a home owners 044 with 24" bar this afternoon. $175.00 so I really can't complain. Got it home, cleaned the filter, put in fresh gas and a new plug, checked the compression(130lb), file dressed the bar and then tried to start it. All it wants to do is flood. The plug I pulled out looked nice and tan. My usual starting method of full choke till it chuffs and then half choke doesn't work because two or three pulls on full choke floods it. Draining the gas and pulling like crazy will eventually start the saw and it then sounds great till it runs out of gas. Once it's warm the saw sounds fine. Kick butt, really. Is there some trick to cold starting an 044 or am I missing something with a carb setting? Also, will this saw make me want to retire my 036? I'm a firewood cutter, not a logger.
Thanks, john............
Thanks, john............
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