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Hello All,
I own an Husqvarna 236. Light saw (38 cc entry level), more than enough to fit it's purpose for me.
This was a nearly new saw when I bought it.
Unfortunately the first use was heavy for this saw, dry wood, big pieces for a 16" bar.
The saw runs quite good at the beginning but always had the impression it's quite difficult to get the last fuel out of the tank without sudenly stalling.
After a while and a lot of heavy use, I blew up both crankcase sealings due to heavy damaged bearings, top end is okay.
Did a complete rebuild of the crankcase but never managed to get the saw running as supposed.
Did a carb rebuild because I supposed this was the issue... NOT.
Recently I bought an identical saw very cheap in pieces (for the chains), I was hoping changing parts could eliminate the issue.
My saw was reasonably tuned but did not run well well after decent warmup / some cuts.
Also here, everything remounted and the saw behaves exactly the same.
I notice the exhaust is getting very wet from the oil 1:33 as recommended > Too much fuel? Sparkplug looks dry.
Spark arrestor seems not to be clogged.
Bad fuel > Fresh fuel... no difference.
Bad tuning skills? Maybe but I doubt it.
I manage to get the saw running at idle, finding the sweet spot with highest RPM is possible but it's almost impossible to start the saw afterwards near this point so I richen (a lot), seems to work best.
They both keep running a little too rough even close to the point where the clutch engages.
High screw... tried almost every position in 1/8 increments.
Full throttle > dies after good and responsive acceleration.
I don't know what to do anymore.
Weak spot of the saws, Strato saws suck, ...?
Help is appreciated, thanks!
I own an Husqvarna 236. Light saw (38 cc entry level), more than enough to fit it's purpose for me.
This was a nearly new saw when I bought it.
Unfortunately the first use was heavy for this saw, dry wood, big pieces for a 16" bar.
The saw runs quite good at the beginning but always had the impression it's quite difficult to get the last fuel out of the tank without sudenly stalling.
After a while and a lot of heavy use, I blew up both crankcase sealings due to heavy damaged bearings, top end is okay.
Did a complete rebuild of the crankcase but never managed to get the saw running as supposed.
Did a carb rebuild because I supposed this was the issue... NOT.
Recently I bought an identical saw very cheap in pieces (for the chains), I was hoping changing parts could eliminate the issue.
My saw was reasonably tuned but did not run well well after decent warmup / some cuts.
Also here, everything remounted and the saw behaves exactly the same.
I notice the exhaust is getting very wet from the oil 1:33 as recommended > Too much fuel? Sparkplug looks dry.
Spark arrestor seems not to be clogged.
Bad fuel > Fresh fuel... no difference.
Bad tuning skills? Maybe but I doubt it.
I manage to get the saw running at idle, finding the sweet spot with highest RPM is possible but it's almost impossible to start the saw afterwards near this point so I richen (a lot), seems to work best.
They both keep running a little too rough even close to the point where the clutch engages.
High screw... tried almost every position in 1/8 increments.
Full throttle > dies after good and responsive acceleration.
I don't know what to do anymore.
Weak spot of the saws, Strato saws suck, ...?
Help is appreciated, thanks!
