sawkiller
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I recently acquired a husqvarna 288xp off of ebay for $260. Of course the seller said the saw starts and runs good which it does.
After recieving I immediately pulled muffler and what I can see looks new you can almost see yourself in the finish. I then did a thourough cleaning and after the saw had a steady diet of carb cleaner and compressed air it lost over a pound. I then drained all fuel and oil from saw as not to take any chances and replaced fuel with 50:1 premium/husqy xp syntheic. Sharpened the chain and deburred the undersized (18"0 bar). I then started the saw and it does start and run, matter of fact started on 1st pull which really surprised me. Also cleaned and checked filters.
After starting I started noticin a little blue smoke and figured this was probably from shipping and setting, warmed it up and adjusted the carb as much as I could but this is one of the carbs with the plastic stops on it (should I remove those?).
Figured I would take it to the farm and cut a little to see what it did and after cutting a few the smoke will just about run you out. No bugs though. I noticed that the bar was overoiling and adjusted the oiler a little and this somewhat improved the smoke in the area but I am still getting a little blue smoke from the saw especially when accelerating to max rpms.
Took saw home last night and checked compression and it was about 130 PSI which seems a little low. The decompression was not on and I could not find any leaks in the setup.
What else can I try? Is it time for a rering possibly? Will it damage the saw further if I continue to use it? And one more question after 15 or 20 minutes of cutting this thing used a tankfull of fuel which is about a qaurt is that normal for a bigger saw in the 80-90 cc range?
After recieving I immediately pulled muffler and what I can see looks new you can almost see yourself in the finish. I then did a thourough cleaning and after the saw had a steady diet of carb cleaner and compressed air it lost over a pound. I then drained all fuel and oil from saw as not to take any chances and replaced fuel with 50:1 premium/husqy xp syntheic. Sharpened the chain and deburred the undersized (18"0 bar). I then started the saw and it does start and run, matter of fact started on 1st pull which really surprised me. Also cleaned and checked filters.
After starting I started noticin a little blue smoke and figured this was probably from shipping and setting, warmed it up and adjusted the carb as much as I could but this is one of the carbs with the plastic stops on it (should I remove those?).
Figured I would take it to the farm and cut a little to see what it did and after cutting a few the smoke will just about run you out. No bugs though. I noticed that the bar was overoiling and adjusted the oiler a little and this somewhat improved the smoke in the area but I am still getting a little blue smoke from the saw especially when accelerating to max rpms.
Took saw home last night and checked compression and it was about 130 PSI which seems a little low. The decompression was not on and I could not find any leaks in the setup.
What else can I try? Is it time for a rering possibly? Will it damage the saw further if I continue to use it? And one more question after 15 or 20 minutes of cutting this thing used a tankfull of fuel which is about a qaurt is that normal for a bigger saw in the 80-90 cc range?