StihlRockin'
ArboristSite Guru
I have a Stihl BG55(pawnshop find, cheap) that bogs down at the start. It starts fine, quite easy in fact. When I go for the trigger it revs but doesn't get going right away. It bogs down and I flirt with the choke on/off and run trigger back and forth a few times to get it to full throttle. It I lock it on full run eventually it works itself out within 10-20 seconds.
Since it never lasts long I have always put up with it, until now. The problem piques my curiosity. I got to thinking and thought for sure it must be a plugged spark arrestor. Upon inspection it's super clean. Now I'm stymied. For "correct" carb adjustment the manual says to turn both jets(high/low) clockwise until they stop, then back out one full turn. I haven't yet done this, but I'm thinking it's not the problem. Assuming I do the above adjustment later this morning and find it's not the problem...
What else do you think it could be? And what must I do to fix it? Please speak plain and clear as I'm just a user, not a mechanic!
StihlRockin'
Since it never lasts long I have always put up with it, until now. The problem piques my curiosity. I got to thinking and thought for sure it must be a plugged spark arrestor. Upon inspection it's super clean. Now I'm stymied. For "correct" carb adjustment the manual says to turn both jets(high/low) clockwise until they stop, then back out one full turn. I haven't yet done this, but I'm thinking it's not the problem. Assuming I do the above adjustment later this morning and find it's not the problem...
What else do you think it could be? And what must I do to fix it? Please speak plain and clear as I'm just a user, not a mechanic!
StihlRockin'