Posted by JD Seller on July 28, 2013 at 09:45:43 from (208.126.196.144):
In Reply to: Chainsaw Help posted by fergienewbee on July 28, 2013 at 03:41:21:
One of the biggest issue I have with any of my 2-cycle stuff is stale fuel. If they have beens setting very long at all the fuel will be bad. If I have a 2-cycle motor not wanting to start the first thing I do is dump the gas and replace it with some freshly mixed fuel.
List of what I would do if it was my saw: 1) Check and make sure you have spark. I have had a small speck of carbon stick to the plug and make it not fire. 2) If I have fire I then replace the fuel with known fresh fuel. I bought a 1/2 gallon can just for 2-cycle gas as I was always dumping out much more when it got stale. I have seen it go bad in WEEKS not months. 3) With good spark and good fuel in the tank, I would then crank it with full choke on 3-4 times. The remove the spark plug. If it is not wet with fuel than you have another problem. 4) I would dump the gas back out and hook the filter/fuel line in the tank with a wire. Pull it out and see if the filter is plugged up. You can also look at the fuel line and see what condition it is in. If the saw is very old at all I would bet that the line will have cracks in it. The new gas eats them you in a few years anymore it seems. Replacing the fuel lines is not real hard to do. Just make sure you get the correct size as you have to pull it through the fuel tank grommet.
Something I have started doing is mixing a fuel conditioner/stabilizer in every can of 2-cycle gas I mix. It helps it to last better but it still will not last very long. I just got some fuel treatment from Stens that is supposed to also neutralize any ethanol issues in the fuel. Just got it Friday so I can tell you if it works yet. It is just about impossible to get gas without some ethanol in now.
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