Husq 350 woes, jumped right to blaming the carb, but..

[A10egress]

Im pretty sure Im not the only one who has done this. My 350 out of nowhere didnt want to start and once it did, it would just die. Right away I blamed ethanol and the carb. I ordered a kit for it and decided to take the carb off and wait for the kit to come in. While checking things out I noticed fuel leaking around the fuel line from tank

yup, cracked fuel line. The carb kit is cheap and good to have on hand but... i should have checked the lines first since it's a known issue.

$1 worth of line and she's zoom zooming again.

 

[Landmark]

I get so frustrated at those carbs that i would blame the cracked fuel line on the carb too.

 

[beentown]

What was the original carb? My 345 had the Wahlbro and I am switching it to the Zama tonight. Mine has major bog issues.

 

[AVB]

Once you get bite enough by those snake in the grass fuel lines you'll learn to check them on any 2 cycle. It doesn't hurt to go ahead and clean the carburetor while your replacing those fuel lines.

 

[HarleyT]

Yes, cracked fuel lines let dirt/crud get inside the carb. Going through the carb should be done anyway,
as a routine thing.

 

[A10egress]

Yep, original carb, the saw is 12 years old.... never had a problem until this so i cant really complain! Im glad i had a bunch of different sized fuel line on hand too!