A Little background, I picked this lightly used CS-600 on the cheap a few months ago. Previous owner said he had troubles starting it, put a new cylinder and piston In it but still couldn't start it and was giving up on it. I own a 590 already so for $60, at worst I saw this as at least a way to get some spare parts for mine.
Got around to working on it yesterday. Could not get it started at all. It passed a pressure and vacuum tests, pulled 150+ psi of compression, carb passed a pressure test, all fuel and vent lines passed, I had spark with the plug pulled and grounded to the cylinder.
I could get it to pop off and run very briefly several times but not consistently, even if the carb settings were untouched. It seemed to pop off and attempted to run better with the muffler deflector off, and I noticed fuel was present in the muffler, so I figured L was too rich, but even when completely leaned out it still had problems starting and when it did, it would only rev sky high and die. I tried the initial factory carb settings per the service manual but that didn't work either.
It had me chasing my tail so at one point I tested the primary coil resistance thinking it may be that, came back at 2.78 kOhm. Service manual states a range of 1.7-2.2 kOhm, but I still had spark so I wasn't sure of my test results.
Just in case I already ordered a replacement coil.
Anyone have any experience with the Echo 590/600 and starting issues? Any suggestions?
Got around to working on it yesterday. Could not get it started at all. It passed a pressure and vacuum tests, pulled 150+ psi of compression, carb passed a pressure test, all fuel and vent lines passed, I had spark with the plug pulled and grounded to the cylinder.
I could get it to pop off and run very briefly several times but not consistently, even if the carb settings were untouched. It seemed to pop off and attempted to run better with the muffler deflector off, and I noticed fuel was present in the muffler, so I figured L was too rich, but even when completely leaned out it still had problems starting and when it did, it would only rev sky high and die. I tried the initial factory carb settings per the service manual but that didn't work either.
It had me chasing my tail so at one point I tested the primary coil resistance thinking it may be that, came back at 2.78 kOhm. Service manual states a range of 1.7-2.2 kOhm, but I still had spark so I wasn't sure of my test results.
Just in case I already ordered a replacement coil.
Anyone have any experience with the Echo 590/600 and starting issues? Any suggestions?
