lonelyowl7
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Hello! I recently purchased an old 038 AV Super. I bought it at an auction for a good price, didnt really know if it worked or not. When i got home and tried to start it, it started right up and ran beautifully. A few days later I went to see if the chain was sharp by trying to cut a piece of wood, and it was not sharp at all. It also seemed like there wasnt the proper amount of oil coming out. The chain sharpness I didnt really care about cause i can always get a new chain or sharpen it, but the lack of oil was a little interesting. So I took the bar and chain off, took the little side panel off to access the gears on the inside to see if there was anything obviously wrong. I then watched a video on youtube which told me to start it without the bar and chain on, to see if oil was coming out of the oil hole, to eliminate the possibility that it was the bar. So I put it back together without the bar and chain, went to start it, and when I went to pull the starter cord, it was insanely hard to pull. It hurt my wrist when I gave it a good yank. I thought it might have been hydro-locked somehow, so i took the plug out and pulled the cord and it pulled freely and easily. I then did a little bit of research and found that it may be flooded, so I did all the recommended fixes for that including: taking the plug out and flipping it upside down and pulling the cord 20 or more times, letting it sit for 20 minutes without the plug in it, holding the throttle open and pulling the cord with the plug in and air filter off, I tried blowing in the plug hole with an air compressor, I even left it overnight with the plug out, throttle taped open, air filter off and a fan blowing at it. Blowing in the spark plug hole I noticed may have helped, but only a small amount. I do not know what to do now, it seems to have all the symptoms of being flooded, but I cant seem to fix it. Any advice would be greatly appreciated! Thanks
P.S. this is my first real chainsaw, i had a poulan pro, but that was a hunk of junk, but i am very mechanically inclined; ive rebuilt dirtbikes, replaced the timing chain on a car, done suspension work, fixed many a small engines, etc. so its a little annoying that i cant figure this out. thanks
P.S. this is my first real chainsaw, i had a poulan pro, but that was a hunk of junk, but i am very mechanically inclined; ive rebuilt dirtbikes, replaced the timing chain on a car, done suspension work, fixed many a small engines, etc. so its a little annoying that i cant figure this out. thanks