Tips for proper break-in of a brand-new saw? (Echo 355t)

[Khriss]

5 minutes ago, Mick Dempsey said:

You mad bro?

Yea.....   

Edited May 14, 2020 by Khriss
Fucking slipper chewing , howling at the moon ... if truth be told ?

[Sviatoslav Tulin]

Too, late maybe, but my 5 p. 

23 years of working in hard landscaping and forestry, i had never broke in, anything. Its a heresy!!!

You start, heatet up and go work, its a pro tool. 50:1 good quality oils, always  fresh petrol, never hade sized engines. To be honest most people who selling stuff( not all) are lunatics or terrorists, and must go to 2T equipment hell, to answer for theirs advices. Sorry for a rant?

[wyk]

On a new saw, I will let it warm up mostly at idle, with the mix set a bit rich for a heat cycle and to make sure there is plenty of oil in the internals. That is maybe 60 seconds or so of it just sitting there idling while I prepare all my other gear to cut with it. Shut her down. Check it over to make sure nothing is loose or improperly set, start her up and then I go cut.

 

For a ported saw when I have just put it all together, I will let it idle for several heat cycles depending on the saw. The bigger it is, the more cycles I will give it(60 seconds of idle, then off for a bit the first time, with some throttle the next 2-3 times). This is mainly to ensure all the internals get oil, the ring starts to break in a bit over the larger ports, and I am sure nothing is trying to come off the saw. If I have the wherewithal at the time, I may even try to figure out where all the left over bolts should have gone.