all i know is in the manual they state you can either run 25:1 or 50:1 and my efco dealer has one for 239.95
i did a little more poking around, ipl's for the efco and the redmax 3100t, which seems to be the same saw, and it looks like, yep, this is another incarnation of the old echo. it looks to have an improved (maybe) air filter but is still the old reed valve design, probably with a cat. it's like painting grandma and sending her to the prom. i have had a number of echo cs 3400t's. they were ok, reliable but gutless... and cheap. the specs claim 11,000 rpm but i was lucky to get 10k in real life. eventually something would always get past the filter and lodge in the reed valve. it usually took an hour to pull the carb and valve and correct that.
I have a made in Italy in 2011 one and the muffler is hollow. I think it scores 125 hours but don't have it nearby to look.
The air filter is a nylon mesh flat plate with a perhaps quarter inch thick foam on top of that. For some strange reason it really/never seems to get dirty the opposite of the Husqvarna 338xpt which is also a carb forward design. If the plugs on the side to adjust the carb come off that could lead to what you describe though I never have had problems though I noticed the little plug hanging on it's line a few times. I can't comment on who made the design initially but sort of think I saw on on ebay with Jonsorend on it. It was some other brand anyway.
really???? do a little more reading on efco,,used to be olympyk..............i did a little more poking around, ipl's for the efco and the redmax 3100t, which seems to be the same saw, and it looks like, yep, this is another incarnation of the old echo. it looks to have an improved (maybe) air filter but is still the old reed valve design, probably with a cat. it's like painting grandma and sending her to the prom. i have had a number of echo cs 3400t's. they were ok, reliable but gutless... and cheap. the specs claim 11,000 rpm but i was lucky to get 10k in real life. eventually something would always get past the filter and lodge in the reed valve. it usually took an hour to pull the carb and valve and correct that.
really???? do a little more reading on efco,,used to be olympyk..............
...At first I was disapointed with the performance and the vibration and the results in the evening after using it a lot. After switching to the 61pmm3 bar and chain and not using it too long I like it more now.
i was surfing when an ad for this efco top handle turned up. it sure looks like an echo cs-3000 top handle, a venerable design from the 1980's, with the front mounted carb and reed valve. the on/off switch and controls look the same too. someone tell me it isn't true.
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