Question for the group...
I bought a husqvarna 545 a couple months ago as my first saw, so I'm a bit new to the whole thing and trying to get a feel for what's "normal".
When I first got it, I had some trouble getting it started, finally got it going, rev'd it up a bit, everything seemed great, so I shut it down and headed over to the tree (up a steep bank/cliff, so didn't want a running saw...). When I restarted it, I simply couldn't get it to rev up at all. Every time I'd give it any throttle, it would just die. Let it warm up a bit, no luck. Fortunately, I had brought a saw from work as a spare, so I set it aside for a bit and worked with that. Tried again several times over the next 2 hours with the same result every time. Took it back to the dealer and they got it going the next day and told me everything was fine but that I really needed to start it and quickly get it into some wood to make a couple solid cuts because that's the way the "autotune" tunes the saw, so that was probably my problem. Ok, I'll give that a try.
I tried that the next day and still had the same trouble once I started it - just didn't want to rev. As soon as I give it enough throttle to even think about turning the chain, it would die. I was finally able to get it going after ~5min of letting it warm up and trying to gently give it a little gas. Once I did, I immediately made some cuts and everything seemed good to go. I worked for a couple more hours that day and once it was warm, I could shut it down and restart no problem.
Unfortunately, I've continued to have the same problem every time I've used it since then. It's hard to start in the first place (pull several times w/ choke until it goes a touch, then choke off and pull a lot more until it actually starts). Then, I have to sit there and baby it, let it warm up and try to coax it into reving for 5min until I can actually start cutting. Once I get it going, it runs great.
Any thoughts? Somehow it doesn't seem like I should have this much trouble getting a brand new saw to run!
A few notes on what I've been doing so far in case any of it makes a difference...
1) I've run probably 12 or so tanks through it so far.
2) I've been using premium gas (with ethonol, unfortunately) with the husqvarna oil. I have a 1 gal. can and have been using the small, pre measured oil can for 1 gal to make sure I have the right mix ratio. I've also been using an additive to counteract the ethonol that also has a stabalizer in it (can't remember the name off the top of my heat) that was recommended by the dealer.
3) To start, I put the choke on and pull until it starts to catch, then take the choke off by squeezing and releasing the throttle then pull until it goes (total, that's probably 20-30 pulls). I haven't been using the decompression button at all - it's easy enough to pull without it on a saw this small.
Any thoughts/help is greatly appreciated!
Thanks
I bought a husqvarna 545 a couple months ago as my first saw, so I'm a bit new to the whole thing and trying to get a feel for what's "normal".
When I first got it, I had some trouble getting it started, finally got it going, rev'd it up a bit, everything seemed great, so I shut it down and headed over to the tree (up a steep bank/cliff, so didn't want a running saw...). When I restarted it, I simply couldn't get it to rev up at all. Every time I'd give it any throttle, it would just die. Let it warm up a bit, no luck. Fortunately, I had brought a saw from work as a spare, so I set it aside for a bit and worked with that. Tried again several times over the next 2 hours with the same result every time. Took it back to the dealer and they got it going the next day and told me everything was fine but that I really needed to start it and quickly get it into some wood to make a couple solid cuts because that's the way the "autotune" tunes the saw, so that was probably my problem. Ok, I'll give that a try.
I tried that the next day and still had the same trouble once I started it - just didn't want to rev. As soon as I give it enough throttle to even think about turning the chain, it would die. I was finally able to get it going after ~5min of letting it warm up and trying to gently give it a little gas. Once I did, I immediately made some cuts and everything seemed good to go. I worked for a couple more hours that day and once it was warm, I could shut it down and restart no problem.
Unfortunately, I've continued to have the same problem every time I've used it since then. It's hard to start in the first place (pull several times w/ choke until it goes a touch, then choke off and pull a lot more until it actually starts). Then, I have to sit there and baby it, let it warm up and try to coax it into reving for 5min until I can actually start cutting. Once I get it going, it runs great.
Any thoughts? Somehow it doesn't seem like I should have this much trouble getting a brand new saw to run!
A few notes on what I've been doing so far in case any of it makes a difference...
1) I've run probably 12 or so tanks through it so far.
2) I've been using premium gas (with ethonol, unfortunately) with the husqvarna oil. I have a 1 gal. can and have been using the small, pre measured oil can for 1 gal to make sure I have the right mix ratio. I've also been using an additive to counteract the ethonol that also has a stabalizer in it (can't remember the name off the top of my heat) that was recommended by the dealer.
3) To start, I put the choke on and pull until it starts to catch, then take the choke off by squeezing and releasing the throttle then pull until it goes (total, that's probably 20-30 pulls). I haven't been using the decompression button at all - it's easy enough to pull without it on a saw this small.
Any thoughts/help is greatly appreciated!
Thanks
