starts, revs high, give gas, idles...

[Lakeside53]

wow thank you i think that worked... i just started the saw like that and it seemed fine, but i couldnt leave it running for long since i dont want to piss of the neighbors. is there a way to adjust the high idle? still though, i thought the purpose of an idle, whether high or low, was to run at a constant rpm. The problem i was having was the saw was actually accelerating all by myself without my input. Anyways, i will give it a shot tomorrow and see what happens. thanks again!

The "high idle" position is to assist in starting the cold saw. Many saws will not start with choke unless the throttle is advanced a small amount. As the others have said, start it, blip the throttle, and it will settle down. If as you say it accelerates, then there is something not right. Go back to a Husky dealer, show them what it does and ask if it is normal. All my Stihls have a high "idle" starting position, and its required when cold.

 

[Freakingstang]

wow thank you i think that worked... i just started the saw like that and it seemed fine, but i couldnt leave it running for long since i dont want to piss of the neighbors. is there a way to adjust the high idle? still though, i thought the purpose of an idle, whether high or low, was to run at a constant rpm. The problem i was having was the saw was actually accelerating all by myself without my input. Anyways, i will give it a shot tomorrow and see what happens. thanks again!

I don't think there is a way to adjust the high idle without totally removing it alltogether.

To your spring question, there is a little metal tab inbetween the white throttle cable hook and the carb body on the carb shaft. When the choke is applied, there is a linkage off of the carb plate shaft to the throttle shaft. That metal piece locks in and bumps up the idle easing starting and warmup. The only way to remove that would be to disconnect the linkage coming from the choke plate shaft to the throttle shaft, or removing the little metal tab from the throttle shaft.

Most people don't use the high idle to warm the saw, where I used to work, they preached to us about using the high idle for 30 seconds or so to get things up to temp for less wear and tear. We never had any problems doing that, but after reading on here, I normally blip the throttle as soon as it starts to bring the idle speed back down to normal and let the saw warm up on its own. I had used the high idle warmup on my 365's for about 5 years and I just tore the one down and did not find any abnormal wear. ( tore down for an upgrade to 372 specs!)


Steve