Dad's had this saw since new from the early 90's. Beyond being an absolute pain to work on, its an excellent saw and has done very well for our family. Dad feels like it is an ideal power, weight and bar size.
Ive put a bunch of work into the saw and essentially it has the same issue, it will not start hot. We replaced the fuel and impulse lines, which were rubber and only could find tygon, so the tank leaked because the OD was wrong. Figured that fuel near the ignition switch was the cause. Finally put some hondabond around the lines and it is tight now. But still no hot start.
As long as you run it all the way until its dry, it never has a problem. Plenty of fuel getting to the saw. But if you slam fuel into it and try to go back to cutting, it WONT. I'm thinking a coil?
Ive put a bunch of work into the saw and essentially it has the same issue, it will not start hot. We replaced the fuel and impulse lines, which were rubber and only could find tygon, so the tank leaked because the OD was wrong. Figured that fuel near the ignition switch was the cause. Finally put some hondabond around the lines and it is tight now. But still no hot start.
As long as you run it all the way until its dry, it never has a problem. Plenty of fuel getting to the saw. But if you slam fuel into it and try to go back to cutting, it WONT. I'm thinking a coil?