395xp flooding

[Dillinger86]

Anyone had flooding issues with their 395's? Can see the air filter wants changing.

carb related most likely...

[spudulike]

That air filter must be changed before you wear out the inlet side of the bore. The flooding is most likely a leaking metering needle in the carb and may be caused by a dodgy metering diaphragm or incorrect metering arm height. I have seen the diaphragm incorrectly fitted on these machines. If the metering arm has a "V" in the end of it....bit like a yoke and the diaphragm nipple has a groove in it, the nipple groove should slide on to and locate on the metering arm.

 

If you don't understand this, you should take it to someone who does. The hole in the filter won't have caused this flooding.

 

Have you more details on when this flooding occurs just to verify my analysis?

 

[Dillinger86]

2 hours ago, spudulike said:

That air filter must be changed before you wear out the inlet side of the bore. The flooding is most likely a leaking metering needle in the carb and may be caused by a dodgy metering diaphragm or incorrect metering arm height. I have seen the diaphragm incorrectly fitted on these machines. If the metering arm has a "V" in the end of it....bit like a yoke and the diaphragm nipple has a groove in it, the nipple groove should slide on to and locate on the metering arm.

 

If you don't understand this, you should take it to someone who does. The hole in the filter won't have caused this flooding.

 

Have you more details on when this flooding occurs just to verify my analysis?

 

I am taking to my local husky dealer to be looked at. I bought it in this state. It doesn't run. The flooding occurs in the starting procedure...

[spudulike]

I have had a few issues to get these saws started when I port these saws. Once I get the carb set up correctly, they start fine. Have you had it running at all?

 

If not, take the plug out, turn the saw upside down and pull it over fast until all the unburnt fuel is clear, heat the plug up with a gas hob or plumbers torch, put it back in the saw, set the carb up with fast idle and no choke so pull the choke out and push it back in and then pull the saw over hard preferably using no decomp and see if that does it.