Hi all. I just purchased a NIB Echo CS-400. Used it for about 1.5 hours yesterday with no issues whatsoever. Started within a couple of pulls and ran fine while cutting-up some pretty hardwood. I didn't run it too hard because I wanted to break it in easy. I started and stopped it several times during the course of using it and it started instantly and ran great. I was a very new saw owner/user.
Today I pulled it out to do some more cutting and it was hard starting. So I pressed the purge pump a few times and pulled the choke. I think I ended-up flooding pretty good. So I took out the plug and cleaned it off. Finally got it started and then it wouldn't stay running. It seems like it may be a carb adjustment issue or something (I did play around with the idle adjustment when I first found it wouldn't run under load). Whenever I pull the throttle it bogs and dies. It'll idle, but won't take a load. The chain brake is not engaged, and I made sure the chain was loose enough. A friend from this forum came over (Big_Neb) and looked at it with me. We took the chain and bar off even and ran it for a minute and it still dies under load. The clutch spins freely. The air cleaner is perfectly clean. I haven't dug deeper yet, but at Neb's suggestion I thought I'd put it out there for the forum experts to chime in on and maybe save myself the trouble of trying a few more dead ends. Thanks for your input on this...
Today I pulled it out to do some more cutting and it was hard starting. So I pressed the purge pump a few times and pulled the choke. I think I ended-up flooding pretty good. So I took out the plug and cleaned it off. Finally got it started and then it wouldn't stay running. It seems like it may be a carb adjustment issue or something (I did play around with the idle adjustment when I first found it wouldn't run under load). Whenever I pull the throttle it bogs and dies. It'll idle, but won't take a load. The chain brake is not engaged, and I made sure the chain was loose enough. A friend from this forum came over (Big_Neb) and looked at it with me. We took the chain and bar off even and ran it for a minute and it still dies under load. The clutch spins freely. The air cleaner is perfectly clean. I haven't dug deeper yet, but at Neb's suggestion I thought I'd put it out there for the forum experts to chime in on and maybe save myself the trouble of trying a few more dead ends. Thanks for your input on this...