Homelite 360 is running!!!.........but dies

[MOE]

Finnally got my free homelite 360 put together,(thanks Ray benson and everyone else for all the help and info) IT started by putting gas in the carb but seems fuel starved. It pulls well in a cut for about 3 secounds than dies off. The fuel line seems soft and flexable. Should I get a new diaphram for the carb or a carb kit? thanks

 

[turnkey4099]

Finnally got my free homelite 360 put together,(thanks Ray benson and everyone else for all the help and info) IT started by putting gas in the carb but seems fuel starved. It pulls well in a cut for about 3 secounds than dies off. The fuel line seems soft and flexable. Should I get a new diaphram for the carb or a carb kit? thanks

I had the same problem with a 360. Sstarted when it ingested the electrode off the sparkplug. New piston/rod cleared that up (no scratches in the jug). After reassembly it would run great no load but die in the cutjust like yours. I suspected plugged fuel filter on the pick-up. -Assumed- the dealer changed it, don't know. 2 trips to the dealer didn't fix it. Finally bought another saw. I will be following this thread to see what it are.

Harry K

 

[ozflea]

The next step is the mungrels roll over and point there legs skywards

Mc Bob

http://www.users.bigpond.com/ozflea/saws.html

 

[Monkeywitha_saw]

had the same problem with mine so i took it to get repaired found out it was the intake boot and a fouled spark plug

 

[MOE]

I put a new boot in it, I will try blowing some air through the fuel line to see if it's plugged. I will probably put kit in the carb as it's sat around for 10+ years.

 

[lesorubcheek]

I will probably put kit in the carb as it's sat around for 10+ years.

I think you may have just stated the answer to your problem.

Dan

 

[ghitch75]

and clean the carb good with some kind of spray carb cleaner..probly gummed up with ol' 2 cycle oil

 

[turnkey4099]

I often wondered in the case of mine. One step in the reassembly stresses not pinching the pulse line. I did the reassembly a couple of times after I had the problem and then took it to the dealer. After two trips with no cure I never went back to him to find out what he had found after I traded the saw to him for another one.

Harry K

 

[David_T (MO)]

Just got my 360 back from the shop. I had replaced the rotten rubber carb throat myself but could not get the carb adjusted correctly. They found the pluse vent hose (?) was also rotten and also replaced the rubber diaphram inside the carb. Now she runs better than new.