Like they say....you learn something new every day...
When I bought the new chainsaw the other day, I filled the 2 tanks, fired it up, and cut a log off of a down tree in the woods behind my house. It went well.
And that was it, until today.
I went to start it again. Same tankful of fuel (50:1 premix out of a gallon can). It wouldn't start....it kept flooding. I'd pull the plug, blow it out with compressed air, and try again. It didn't show any sign of even wanting to start. I checked for spark...it had spark.
I was baffled, because it ran so easily and well 2 days before!
My friend Carl stopped by during this ordeal. He tried a few things, then he pulled the plug (which was wet), and smelled it. He said, "that's not gas..".
Again, I was puzzled. So, I smelled it, and it didn't have much of a gas smell.
So, we emptied out the tank, blew everything out with air. I mixed up a gallon of 93 octane along with the little bottle of the oil that comes with the saw.
Poured that in, and it fired right up, thankfully!
So, my takeaway is this....don't ever buy the premix fuel from a big box store. It doesn't come sealed, and I believe that I got someone else's return of crap fuel.
But, I'm still confused as to how it ran fine 2 days before, with the same tankful of fuel...??
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Rich