Husky 345 won't start

[Exador]

Hi, I was hoping someone could shed some light on this problem for me. About a year ago I purchased some land in Oregon for possible retirement and recreational use. (www.abgraphics.com\land\images.htm) I needed a saw to cut a road and clean up some fallen trees. I purchased a Husky 345. Some may like Husky and some may not. That's water under the bridge for me now. I had to cancel 2 trips to the land (i'm in Southern California) so the saw sat(no fuel/oil). I took it out about 3 months ago and fueled it and after 20 minutes of pulling the starter It started and ran fine. I went to use it yesterday and it won't start no matter what. It has fresh husky oil mixed with a fresh $2.75 gallon of gas at exactly 50:1. I have pulled out the choke as specified in the instructions. Can anyone shed some light on my situation? Thanks, Chris

 

[yeager31]

http://www.arboristsite.com/showthread.php?t=24307

Try the recommendations in the above thread.

 

[jokers]

Saw starting thread

 

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Hi, I was hoping someone could shed some light on this problem for me. About a year ago I purchased some land in Oregon for possible retirement and recreational use. (www.abgraphics.com\land\images.htm) I needed a saw to cut a road and clean up some fallen trees. I purchased a Husky 345. Some may like Husky and some may not. That's water under the bridge for me now. I had to cancel 2 trips to the land (i'm in Southern California) so the saw sat(no fuel/oil). I took it out about 3 months ago and fueled it and after 20 minutes of pulling the starter It started and ran fine. I went to use it yesterday and it won't start no matter what. It has fresh husky oil mixed with a fresh $2.75 gallon of gas at exactly 50:1. I have pulled out the choke as specified in the instructions. Can anyone shed some light on my situation? Thanks, Chris

I got the same problem with my 353. When you start it, don't press the decompression valve and then just start with the normal procedure. It's going to be a little bit harder to do that, but it will start forsure after 2 or 3 pulls.

 

[1Alpha1]

Maybe you fouled a sparkplug. I don't know about you or others, but I always have at least three new spare plugs on hand when using my saws.