Mastermind
Work Saw Specialist
There's been a bunch of stuff about the 562XP posted lately. Well I'm here to share the experience I just had with a member's 562XP.
First off, this saw has a little less than 6 hours of total run time. It's wearing the EL44 carburetor....
I ported it a few days ago, cut the squish band, raised the exhaust and transfer ports back up to a little past stock height, deburred the transfer passages and the floor of the intake. Also, a muffler mod was done, and a custom made deflector was installed.
Before the saw was started, I ran the diagnostic tests, and reset the fuel settings in the carb.
This morning we went to cut a few loads of firewood, so I brought the 562XP. When I first started it, it was running a little rich, but sorted itself out quickly. I bucked up a 20" white oak stem, and then a 24" red oak. I let it idle for several minutes while I walked to get some wedges, and a few other times while I was moving brush around. When I got back to the saw, it never hesitated when I pulled the trigger. The saw never missed a beat, while I ran two full tanks thru it.
Mweba and TK have each had a ported 562XP in their shops that were ported by two different people, one of those saw was one I did. Both saws had the same issue, a very bad stumble after idling for a bit when the trigger was pulled, to the point that the saw would fall on it's face and die. Between the two of them they figured out how to fix those saws. It's a simple fix, but a carb swap, or at the least, parts of the carb will need to be replaced.
These guys were kind enough to include me in their conversations and they shared with me all they found out.
To make a long story short......I will be willing to do the 562XP once again.
First off, this saw has a little less than 6 hours of total run time. It's wearing the EL44 carburetor....
I ported it a few days ago, cut the squish band, raised the exhaust and transfer ports back up to a little past stock height, deburred the transfer passages and the floor of the intake. Also, a muffler mod was done, and a custom made deflector was installed.
Before the saw was started, I ran the diagnostic tests, and reset the fuel settings in the carb.
This morning we went to cut a few loads of firewood, so I brought the 562XP. When I first started it, it was running a little rich, but sorted itself out quickly. I bucked up a 20" white oak stem, and then a 24" red oak. I let it idle for several minutes while I walked to get some wedges, and a few other times while I was moving brush around. When I got back to the saw, it never hesitated when I pulled the trigger. The saw never missed a beat, while I ran two full tanks thru it.
Mweba and TK have each had a ported 562XP in their shops that were ported by two different people, one of those saw was one I did. Both saws had the same issue, a very bad stumble after idling for a bit when the trigger was pulled, to the point that the saw would fall on it's face and die. Between the two of them they figured out how to fix those saws. It's a simple fix, but a carb swap, or at the least, parts of the carb will need to be replaced.
These guys were kind enough to include me in their conversations and they shared with me all they found out.
To make a long story short......I will be willing to do the 562XP once again.
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