GhoSt85
New Member
Hey Guys/Gals,
About 4 days ago, I was a proud owner of an Echo CS-400, which it also happens to be my very first saw. Well, after reading reviews upon reviews, I convinced myself that before anything wrong happens to my beautiful little saw, I would do the carb mod. After all, I'm just taking two plastic pieces out. What harm can I do?
Well... Turns out, I might have the worst luck ever. Pretty broken hearted and angry at myself. Should have just left it alone. It was running just fine, but what is done is done and I want to fix it. I hope you guys can help me out as I have never owned nor tampered with one. So here is my story...
To be honest, I did struggle a bit to get those plastic pieces out, taking out the L one, the little trim that holds them in came off. I figured no big deal, I'll just press it back in. Put it all back together and this is where it all begins.
It started right away but it went full throttle on me, seconds later the area underneath the chain started smoking. I was like Oh Crap!!! Turned it off right away. Waited till the smoke went away, adjusted the L and tried it again. It turned on for a few seconds then died. Since then, I've been adjusting the L trying to keep it on but at this point, I feel like I am shooting in the dark. I've Adjusted it so much I don't even know where I stand on it and no real clue what to do to start fresh, I would like to be able to close it completely and slowly begin to open it.
Other things that has happened while adjust the L, the engine will rev up and rev down a few times and die. During one time, I saw the chain moving at the speed of snail while the chain lock was set. And to get it started every time, I have to pull the choke, pull the rope. When I hear it begin to catch on, I close the choke pull the rope two or three times and it starts.
Oh and I'm getting a bit of a leak of oil from where the chain meets the body. I don't get it, the most I did was lean it on its side at about a 45 deg. Oh, another thing that happened was that the chain became real loose all of a sudden.
I just don't understand??? How could taking two plastic pieces cause so much damage??? If someone could please help me out. I'm not scared to get my hands dirty, I just have no clue what happened or what to do.
So if someone could please help me out, I would greatly appreciate it as I am pretty sad about this.
Thanks in advance
Jesse
About 4 days ago, I was a proud owner of an Echo CS-400, which it also happens to be my very first saw. Well, after reading reviews upon reviews, I convinced myself that before anything wrong happens to my beautiful little saw, I would do the carb mod. After all, I'm just taking two plastic pieces out. What harm can I do?
Well... Turns out, I might have the worst luck ever. Pretty broken hearted and angry at myself. Should have just left it alone. It was running just fine, but what is done is done and I want to fix it. I hope you guys can help me out as I have never owned nor tampered with one. So here is my story...
To be honest, I did struggle a bit to get those plastic pieces out, taking out the L one, the little trim that holds them in came off. I figured no big deal, I'll just press it back in. Put it all back together and this is where it all begins.
It started right away but it went full throttle on me, seconds later the area underneath the chain started smoking. I was like Oh Crap!!! Turned it off right away. Waited till the smoke went away, adjusted the L and tried it again. It turned on for a few seconds then died. Since then, I've been adjusting the L trying to keep it on but at this point, I feel like I am shooting in the dark. I've Adjusted it so much I don't even know where I stand on it and no real clue what to do to start fresh, I would like to be able to close it completely and slowly begin to open it.
Other things that has happened while adjust the L, the engine will rev up and rev down a few times and die. During one time, I saw the chain moving at the speed of snail while the chain lock was set. And to get it started every time, I have to pull the choke, pull the rope. When I hear it begin to catch on, I close the choke pull the rope two or three times and it starts.
Oh and I'm getting a bit of a leak of oil from where the chain meets the body. I don't get it, the most I did was lean it on its side at about a 45 deg. Oh, another thing that happened was that the chain became real loose all of a sudden.
I just don't understand??? How could taking two plastic pieces cause so much damage??? If someone could please help me out. I'm not scared to get my hands dirty, I just have no clue what happened or what to do.
So if someone could please help me out, I would greatly appreciate it as I am pretty sad about this.
Thanks in advance
Jesse