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A buddy of mine has an 026 that used to run great. I opened the muffler and tuned the carb as I have on my 026 and per instructions that are somewhere on this site.
So he has used the heck out of the saw as a weekend project saw. I'll admit it has had a fairly rough life in the back of his truck, but has been a great used saw. Recently he started having issues w/ it running under load. He "thinks" it may have run briefly on straight gas, but he then dumped it out now knowing for sure if it was mixed. Stupid I know.
So now it will start and run like a banshee, but it idles too fast and he says it doesn't have as much power as it used to. I tried messing w/ the carb H and L, but they don't seem to respond like they should, like my adjustment screws do. Any Ideas? Sound like a scored cylinder? Lower compression? Initially it seems to have good compression when I pulled the cord, but as it heated up it seemed weaker, but still "ok". Can a bad carb cause those issues? Thanks for any help, sorry I don't have more info, just thought this would be the place to start.
So he has used the heck out of the saw as a weekend project saw. I'll admit it has had a fairly rough life in the back of his truck, but has been a great used saw. Recently he started having issues w/ it running under load. He "thinks" it may have run briefly on straight gas, but he then dumped it out now knowing for sure if it was mixed. Stupid I know.
So now it will start and run like a banshee, but it idles too fast and he says it doesn't have as much power as it used to. I tried messing w/ the carb H and L, but they don't seem to respond like they should, like my adjustment screws do. Any Ideas? Sound like a scored cylinder? Lower compression? Initially it seems to have good compression when I pulled the cord, but as it heated up it seemed weaker, but still "ok". Can a bad carb cause those issues? Thanks for any help, sorry I don't have more info, just thought this would be the place to start.