malk315
Running Saws for Therapy
While helping my brother on a tree job yesterday my 372XP starting misbehaving by just quitting while in the cut.
It was quite hot and humid. Bought the saw new in 2012 from reputable dealer (Chapel Tractor in NH).
I'm a weekend warrior so not a great amount of use.
I've changed the filter not too long ago and kept the old one as it's not very dirty anyway (nice to have spare).
Haven't gone to look at anything yet like plug or cylinder and actually not sure what to look for hence this post.
Filter area is quite clean.
It doesn't sit with gas in it for long periods. When it will sit for more than a few weeks I drain and run it til it quits so it's sitting empty. It gets most of its use in cold months.
I haven't had it tuned as it seems just as powerful as ever and tuning not required. When it quits I can start it back up and keep going.
A couple times I let it sit and used the other saw for a bit and went back -- would still quit in the cut at full throttle after several a few more minutes of cutting. First time it happened I thought it was out of gas -- filled it up and then it kept happening so I know it wasn't empty tank.
I hear you guys talk about an "impulse" valve or something like that. Wondering about that... or tank vent I hear about. Seems fuel related.
I'm too afraid of wrecking it to tune it so I will bring it to the dealer to go through it. My fear is them not being able to reproduce the problem -- probably needs to run through some wood and warm up before this happens.
One more thing -- it first happened when "noodling", I was cutting a spruce but in half so we could feed it to the chipper (well not totally noodling but more like trying to "mill" it in half cutting w/ bar perpendicular to normal cut to slice down the wood like a mil). Have to dog in and pressure a bit as it doesn't cut nearly as well through the grain as opposed to normal cuts. This probably made it run hotter than normal, but the bar wasn't excessively hot when I checked it near clutch cover and also cool on the other side where the air injection vents are (and those weren't obstructed either).
Serial plate says 2011 on it and this is a 372XP X-torq model.
Hoping dealer will find a root cause but wanted to run by you for ideas to give them.
It was quite hot and humid. Bought the saw new in 2012 from reputable dealer (Chapel Tractor in NH).
I'm a weekend warrior so not a great amount of use.
I've changed the filter not too long ago and kept the old one as it's not very dirty anyway (nice to have spare).
Haven't gone to look at anything yet like plug or cylinder and actually not sure what to look for hence this post.
Filter area is quite clean.
It doesn't sit with gas in it for long periods. When it will sit for more than a few weeks I drain and run it til it quits so it's sitting empty. It gets most of its use in cold months.
I haven't had it tuned as it seems just as powerful as ever and tuning not required. When it quits I can start it back up and keep going.
A couple times I let it sit and used the other saw for a bit and went back -- would still quit in the cut at full throttle after several a few more minutes of cutting. First time it happened I thought it was out of gas -- filled it up and then it kept happening so I know it wasn't empty tank.
I hear you guys talk about an "impulse" valve or something like that. Wondering about that... or tank vent I hear about. Seems fuel related.
I'm too afraid of wrecking it to tune it so I will bring it to the dealer to go through it. My fear is them not being able to reproduce the problem -- probably needs to run through some wood and warm up before this happens.
One more thing -- it first happened when "noodling", I was cutting a spruce but in half so we could feed it to the chipper (well not totally noodling but more like trying to "mill" it in half cutting w/ bar perpendicular to normal cut to slice down the wood like a mil). Have to dog in and pressure a bit as it doesn't cut nearly as well through the grain as opposed to normal cuts. This probably made it run hotter than normal, but the bar wasn't excessively hot when I checked it near clutch cover and also cool on the other side where the air injection vents are (and those weren't obstructed either).
Serial plate says 2011 on it and this is a 372XP X-torq model.
Hoping dealer will find a root cause but wanted to run by you for ideas to give them.